The Harbin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,587 people carried this name — #4,130 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 34,400 people counted. That is up 4% from 8,259 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Harbin surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Harberd’.

His entry covers Harbison, Harbeson, Harbin and Harbinson.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 358 · public domain.

In print

Harbin in American newspapers,
1904–1905.

Newspaper page from Rosebud County News carrying the name Harbin
Rosebud County News 1904-02-25
Newspaper page from The Billings Gazette carrying the name Harbin
The Billings Gazette 1905-03-28
Newspaper page from The Savannah Morning News carrying the name Harbin
The Savannah Morning News 1904-03-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 58,534 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Harbin in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1970s.

873 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Harbin. The most, 221, date from the 1950s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 556
Victoria 120
South Australia 65
Queensland 57
Western Australia 46
Tasmania 22
ACT (Canberra) 5

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Harbin.

Who carried it

People named Harbin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Robert Harbin
    Robert Harbin 1908–1978 · origamist
  • Robert Harbin
    Robert Harbin 1909–1978 · origamist
  • Suzette Harbin
    Suzette Harbin 1915–1994 · actor
  • Elvin Oscar Harbin 1885–1955 · pedagogue
  • Leonard Harbin 1915–2013 · cricketer
  • Billy J. Harbin 1930–2004 · historian

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Harbin,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States427 records

427 records of the Harbin name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 296
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 94
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 17
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 6
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Dewey D. Harbin

    Born 1921 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1942 at Camp Croft, South Carolina; farmer. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Oakwood Cemetery, Statesville, North Carolina.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Matilda Harbin

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Majestic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 17; servant. From Liverpool, England; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Carl Ross Harbin

    Born 1943; from Cambridge, Ohio. U.S. Army, medical specialist; killed in action 1966 in South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 427 records for Harbin in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia14 records

14 records of the Harbin name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 11
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Joseph Harbin

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Layton, sailing from London in 1839. Native of Hampshire.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Frank Harbin

    Arrived in Victoria in 1912 aboard the Demosthenes, aged 31.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Henry Harbin

    Held a land order in Queensland in 1865.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 14 records for Harbin in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada9 records

9 records of the Harbin name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 6
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Ella Harbin

    Buried in 1935 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Wilfred Thomas Harbin

    Died in service in 1916.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record George Harbin

    Married 1904 in New Aberdeen, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 9 records for Harbin in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

New Zealand1 record

1 record of the Harbin name in New Zealand Marlborough District cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Elsie Catherine Anne Harbin

    Died 1975, aged 62; buried at Omaka Cemetery, Marlborough.

    Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Harbin name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. Harbin

    Irish Guards. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Harbin name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Paul Harbin

    Married in 1630 in Heusden.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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