Harnisch surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Harnisch surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 578 people carried this name — #38,332 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 552 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

182 people named Harnisch live in Switzerland.

They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Bern 67
Vaud 27
Valais 19
Aargau 16
Solothurn 11
Zurich 8
Fribourg 8
Ticino 7

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 145 people named Harnisch.

6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 6
Bas-Rhin 50
Seine-Maritime 21
Doubs 20
Marne 8
Meurthe-et-Moselle 8
Territoire de Belfort 6
Pas-de-Calais 5
Haut-Rhin 4

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 21 people named Harnisch live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 11
Santa Fe 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

23 people named Harnisch is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 23

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

Who carried it

People named Harnisch,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Johann Andreas Harnisch d. 1770 · physician
  • Wilhelm Harnisch d. 1597 · printer
  • Wilhelm Harnisch d. 1597 · printer
  • Matthäus Harnisch 1535–1596 · printer
  • Josua Harnisch 1550–1606 · printer
  • Otto Siegfried Harnisch 1568–1623 · composer

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

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