The Harbour surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,155 people carried this name — #7,964 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 70,900 people counted. That is up 4% from 4,006 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Harbour surname

A surname from French, variant of Arbour.

As an English surname, from the noun harbour, British spelling of harbor.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Harbour» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as an occupational name: ‘the harbourer’.

An early record he cites: Geoffrey Herbour, Cambridgeshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Harber, Harbar and Harbour.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 357 · public domain.

In print

Harbour in American newspapers,
1878–1922.

Newspaper page from The Republican carrying the name Harbour
The Republican 1878-02-09
Newspaper page from The Morning Tulsa Daily World carrying the name Harbour
The Morning Tulsa Daily World 1922-12-28
Newspaper page from St. Croix Avis carrying the name Harbour
St. Croix Avis 1911-05-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 76,778 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Harbour in Australian newspapers,
1810s–1990s.

5,215 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Harbour. The most, 855, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 1,829
New South Wales 1,814
Queensland 646
South Australia 555
Tasmania 184
Western Australia 166
ACT (Canberra) 10
Northern Territory 5

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

Who carried it

People named Harbour,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jennie Harbour 1893–1959 · illustrator
  • Denis Harbour 1917–2009 · singer
  • Charlie Harbour 1924–1988 · Australian rules football player

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Harbour,
in the records of 5 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 States277 records

277 records of the Harbour name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 152
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 67
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 33
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 9
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Harry J. Harbour

    Born 1925 in Texas. Enlisted 1945 at San Antonio; laboratory technician. U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II and the Korean War; died 1956, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Thomas James Harbour

    Born 1947; from Auburn, California. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Charles Harbour

    Arrived at New York in 1836 aboard the Silvie de Grasse from Havre, aged 30; farmer. From Bavaria, Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 277 records for Harbour in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia152 records

152 records of the Harbour name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 70
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 63
  • Tasmanian Names Index 15
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 3
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 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 James Harbour

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Rodney, sailing from Queenstown in 1851. Native of Herefordshire. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1854.

    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 Eliza Harbour

    Arrived in Victoria in 1857 aboard the Gomelza, aged 28; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Denis Harbour

    Laborer of Collingwood, Victoria; died 1955.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 152 records for Harbour in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). 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); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

United Kingdom21 records

21 records of the Harbour name in the United Kingdom
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 14
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 7
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Mary Ann Harbour

    Buried in 1821 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 33.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. Harbour

    Tank Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Mary Ann Harbour

    Buried in 1821 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 44.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Showing 3 of 21 records for Harbour in the United Kingdom.

Counts: MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Canada19 records

19 records of the Harbour name in Canada
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 8
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 5
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 3
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Jean Baptiste Harbour

    Died 1953; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Aileen Maude Harbour

    Died 1929 in Sable River, Shelburne, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. 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 William Edward Harbour

    Died in service in 1945.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 19 records for Harbour in Canada.

Counts: City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Harbour name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Adriana Harbour

    Born 1845 in Bergen op Zoom.

    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: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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