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

Family Name / Last Name: Hargreaves
No. of characters: 10
Origin: England
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Hargreaves

How popular is Hargreaves?

Hargreaves is common in England.

Hargreaves is ranked 19363 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Hargreaves bearers increased by 3.996283 per cent in 2010 US census to 2238 since 2000, the surname slipped by 493 spots and ranked at 13545. The last name was found in around 8 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.55 95.35
Hispanic or Latino 2.14 1.49
Black 1.47 1.39
Others 0.94 0.98
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.63 0.46
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.27 0.33
Hargreaves is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Guernsey is ahead in terms of density. Around 26893 people have been found who wears Hargreaves as their family name. Hargreaves is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
83,411 Czech Republic8
90,189 Germany7
18,646 Thailand4
4,384 Northern Ireland3
1,219,338 India3
661,536 Indonesia3
3,224 Afghanistan3
35,789 Turkey3
14,054 China3
5,859 Mauritius2
5,217 Zambia2
18,625 Japan2
18,035 Egypt2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
6,103 Cyprus2
54,135 Philippines2
10,211 Bulgaria2
23,344 Austria2
846 American Samoa1
113 Falkland Islands1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
6,149 Ethiopia1
356 Eritrea1
2,190 Barbados1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
1,254 Gibraltar1
42,479 Greece1
2,024 Mongolia1
38,830 Morocco1
2,935 Madagascar1
47,891 Norway1
11,510 Oman1
6,688 Malawi1
12,745 Luxembourg1
24,176 Qatar1
36,814 Romania1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
4,942 Libya1
1,819 Laos1
7,895 South Korea1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
49,529 Israel1
897,276 Russia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
246 Guernsey36
49,393 Netherlands35
396 Isle of Man34
469 Jersey33
8,504 Ireland33
9,620 Singapore30
43,662 Belgium30
11,444 Portugal28
42,407 Sweden22
23,914 Denmark20
52,730 United Arab Emirates17
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
1,999 Trinidad and Tobago86
13,957 Switzerland81
72,056 Italy78
Countries with hundreds of Hargreaves:
925 New Zealand757
1,378 Scotland545
10,157 Kenya471
1,029 Wales384
50,564 France196
5,601 Chile180
25,817 Spain104
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Hargreaves:
970 Australia3,210
11,905 United States2,991
3,607 South Africa1,808
3,068 Canada1,545
11,699 Brazil1,161
Countries with ten thousands of Hargreaves:
524 England12,750
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Richard Hargreaves worked as workman and hailed from England. During the great famine, 40 years old embarked for Pennsylvania from Liverpool on Arrick and arrived on February 26, 1849. Workman Seth. Hargreaves, Duckworth Hargreaves (28) Printer, Henry Hargreaves (26) Printer, Mozes Hargreaves, aged 22, Widow Betsey Hargreaves, 20 years old Alice Hargreaves, Weaver Mary Hargreaves, Betsey Hargreaves, aged 12, are others that migrated to US.

Hargreaves Namesakes

  • Alison Hargreaves, Mountain climber
  • Amy Hargreaves, Actress
  • Amybeth Hargreaves, Actor
  • James Hargreaves, Inventor
  • James Hargreaves, Inventor
  • Owen Hargreaves, Soccer player
  • Reginald Hargreaves, Cricket Player
  • Janie Hargreaves, Actress
  • Johanna Hargreaves, Television actress
  • Jack Hargreaves, Television presenter
  • Geoffrey Hargreaves played central character of Kasper Gutman in 2013 crime movie Sam Spade, Private Eye.
  • In 2016, Jared Hargreaves portrayed the role of Arthur Harlow in comedy and drama movie Josie: And the Way She Eats My Brains.

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