The Hardaway surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,163 people carried this name — #6,562 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,100 people counted. That is up 8% from 4,793 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Hardaway surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘at the hard way’.

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

Hardaway in American newspapers,
1896–1915.

Newspaper page from Santa Fe Daily New Mexican carrying the name Hardaway
Santa Fe Daily New Mexican 1896-01-04
Newspaper page from The Washington Herald carrying the name Hardaway
The Washington Herald 1915-08-28
Newspaper page from The Bolivar Bulletin carrying the name Hardaway
The Bolivar Bulletin 1899-07-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Hardaway in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1910s.

46 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hardaway. The most, 20, date from the 1890s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 19
Western Australia 7
Victoria 6
South Australia 5
Tasmania 5
Queensland 3

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

Who carried it

People named Hardaway,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jane Drury Stith 1695–1734
  • Thomas Hardaway II 1715–
  • Ben Hardaway 1895–1957 · screenwriter
  • Pearl Hardaway 1917–2013 · painter
  • Lula Mae Hardaway 1930–2006 · songwriter
  • Buddy Hardaway 1954–2008 · American football player

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

In the public record

People named Hardaway,
in the records of the United States.

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 States235 records

235 records of the Hardaway name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 143
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 72
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 14
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • 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 Percy Hardaway

    Born 1912 in Georgia. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Benning; driver from Fulton County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at South-View Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia.

    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 Louis Hardaway

    Arrived at New York in 1872 aboard the City of London from Liverpool, aged 21; laborer. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Harold Hardaway

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1949, died 1993; buried at San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 235 records for Hardaway 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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