The Hard surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 6,831 people carried this name — #4,744 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 39,500 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 144 people named Hard.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Eure.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
62 people named Hard live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hard.
- Happe 685 · U.S. census
- Haran 875 · U.S. census
- Harang 227 · U.S. census
- Harant 111 · U.S. census
- Harari 613 · U.S. census
- Harcourt 1,101 · U.S. census
- Hardel 243 · U.S. census
- Hardeman 4,272 · U.S. census
- Hardi 170 · U.S. census
- Harding 38,340 · U.S. census
- Hardy 76,608 · U.S. census
- Hare 15,739 · U.S. census
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