Harland is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Harland
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

Herland occurs as one of the characters in the well-known romance of "Horn," as a personal name.

The lastname Harland is the variant of Harlan. Dweller at the lands infested with hares.

Dweller at the lands infested with hares.

How popular is Harland?

Harland is common in England, United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Germany, Thailand, Netherlands, Indonesia, Scotland, Northern Ireland, South Africa.

Harland is ranked 42940 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Harland bearers increased by 5.2 per cent in 2010 US census to 2570 since 2000, the surname slipped by 382 spots and ranked at 12127. The last name was found in around 9 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 84.44 87.19
Black 9.96 8.68
Hispanic or Latino 2.02 1.15
Others 1.95 1.47
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.97 0.94
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.66 0.57
Harland is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Guernsey is ahead in terms of density. Around 12135 people have been found who wears Harland as their family name. Harland is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Harland:
1,864 England4,423
12,810 United States3,030
2,020 Australia1,899
Countries with hundreds of Harland:
7,261 Canada593
1,334 New Zealand576
22,075 Germany423
63,790 Thailand194
15,750 Netherlands175
66,606 Indonesia149
3,683 Scotland138
1,944 Northern Ireland134
37,136 South Africa125
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,057 Wales74
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
24,079 Norway24
767 Guernsey22
11,611 Singapore21
35,486 Sweden20
9,887 Ireland17
120,990 Poland12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
293,169 France10
2,057 Isle of Man9
92,581 Zimbabwe8
77,571 Switzerland6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Thomas Harland from Ireland aboard the John R Skiddy from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 30 years old when he arrived in USA on March 16, 1846. James Harland, aged 32, Immigrant Hannah Harland, Henry Harland (9), 24 years old Mathew Harland, James Harland, aged 8, 10 years old Bridget Harland, are other Harland that migrated to US.

From Germany

Doris Harland hailed from Germany. 26 years old embarked for USA from Bremen on America and arrived on October 23, 1884. Georg Harland (25) Farmer, 16 years old Heinrich Harland, Carl Harland (25) Farmer, Farmer Ernst Harland, Farmer Wilhelm Harland, Heinrich Harland, aged 25, H. Harland (28) Laborer, Friedericke Harland, and 8 other Harland around 66.67% of whom were farmer while others worked as laborer migrated to US from Bremen, Bremerhaven and Hamburg & Southampton.

Harland Namesakes

  • Henry Harland, American novelist and editor
  • James Penrose Harland, American archaeologist of the ancient Aegean
  • Bryce Harland, New Zealand diplomat and academic,
  • Paul Harland,
  • Albert Harland, British Conservative Party politician
  • W. Brian Harland, British geologist at the Department of Geology
  • Maurice Harland, 20th-century Anglican bishop
  • Kurt Harland, singer, composer
  • Georgina Harland, former modern pentathlete from Great Britain
  • Stan Harland, English football centre half

Harland Namesakes

  • Henry Harland, American novelist and editor
  • James Penrose Harland, American archaeologist of the ancient Aegean
  • Bryce Harland, New Zealand diplomat and academic,
  • Paul Harland,
  • Albert Harland, British Conservative Party politician
  • W. Brian Harland, British geologist at the Department of Geology
  • Maurice Harland, 20th-century Anglican bishop
  • Kurt Harland, singer, composer
  • Georgina Harland, former modern pentathlete from Great Britain
  • Stan Harland, English football centre half

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