Hardcastle is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 10 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Hardcastle
No. of characters: 10
Origin: England
Meaning:

Must be a contraction of Harden Castle, the ancient residence of the Scotts of Harden, and a fine specimen to this day of a border fortress, in Roxburghshire.

How popular is Hardcastle?

Hardcastle is common in United States, England, Australia, Ghana, Canada, New Zealand.

Hardcastle is ranked 48673 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Hardcastle bearers increased by 2.92 per cent in 2010 US census to 2959 since 2000, the surname slipped by 506 spots and ranked at 10779. The last name was found in around 1 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.67 93.67
Hispanic or Latino 4.16 2.64
Others 2.26 1.36
Black 1.55 1.57
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.95 0.52
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.41 0.24
Hardcastle is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Falkland Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 10594 people have been found who wears Hardcastle as their family name. Hardcastle is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Hardcastle:
9,116 United States4,526
2,116 England3,885
Countries with hundreds of Hardcastle:
4,521 Australia786
6,785 Ghana416
10,844 Canada369
5,355 New Zealand147
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,244 Wales96
49,962 South Africa78
6,721 Scotland55
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
60,205 Argentina45
47,760 Spain29
10,313 Singapore26
147,383 Germany25
237,746 France16
7,073 Northern Ireland15
1,520 Jersey14
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
447,191 Thailand9
40,289 United Arab Emirates8
88 Falkland Islands7

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 29 years old mechanic Edward Hardcastle who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on September 7, 1849 by Aberdeen put out from Liverpool. 31 years old Ann Hardcastle, 7 years old Thomas Hardcastle, Joseph Hardcastle, aged 10, are other Hardcastle that migrated to US.

Hardcastle Namesakes

  • Leslie Hardcastle, OBE was Controller of the British Film Institute's National Film Theatre complex on London’s South Bank
  • Paul Hardcastle, British composer, musician, producer, songwriter
  • Sarah Hardcastle, British former competitive swimmer
  • Bill Hardcastle, pioneer New Zealand and Australian rugby union player and an Australian rugby league footballer
  • Edgar Hardcastle, theoretician of Marxist economics

Hardcastle Namesakes

  • Leslie Hardcastle, OBE was Controller of the British Film Institute's National Film Theatre complex on London’s South Bank
  • Paul Hardcastle, British composer, musician, producer, songwriter
  • Sarah Hardcastle, British former competitive swimmer
  • Bill Hardcastle, pioneer New Zealand and Australian rugby union player and an Australian rugby league footballer
  • Edgar Hardcastle, theoretician of Marxist economics

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