The Harr surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,021 people carried this name — #5,754 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 49,000 people counted. That is up 10% from 5,466 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Harr surname

As a North German surname, from variants/ancestors of the noun Heer (“army”), similar to Herbert, Hermann.

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

76 people named Harr live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.

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

Where they live today

Basel-Landschaft 41
Zurich 19
Vaud 8
Basel-Stadt 5
Graubünden 3

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 the Nordic population registers

114 people named Harr is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 114

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).

In print

Harr in American newspapers,
1892–1911.

Newspaper page from The Comet carrying the name Harr
The Comet 1892-09-15
Newspaper page from The Comet carrying the name Harr
The Comet 1893-08-31
Newspaper page from The Nevada County Picayune carrying the name Harr
The Nevada County Picayune 1911-06-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 264,894 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Harr in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1980s.

7,751 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Harr. The most, 1,590, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 2,097
New South Wales 2,089
Queensland 1,850
South Australia 854
Western Australia 493
Tasmania 339
ACT (Canberra) 14
Northern Territory 7

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

Who carried it

People named Harr,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Karl G. Harr d. 2002 · lawyer
  • Lorraine Ellis Harr 1912–2006 · poet
  • Eva Harr 1951–2024 · artist

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

In the public record

People named Harr,
in the records of 7 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 States459 records

459 records of the Harr name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 173
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 89
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 73
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 71
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 31
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 9
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 6
  • Sacramento County historic burials 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Donald F. Harr

    Born 1932; from Multnomah County, Oregon. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in South Korea. Buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Victor S. Harr

    Born 1920 in Indiana. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Benjamin Harrison; shoe factory worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1989, buried at Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Madison, Indiana.

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

    Arrived at New York in 1866 aboard the Florida from Havre, aged 26; farmer. From Wurtemberg, Germany.

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

Showing 3 of 459 records for Harr in the United States.

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

Germany70 records

70 records of the Harr name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Hermann Harr

    From Stuttgart. Reported wounded in the Württemberg casualty list of 16 December 1915 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 120).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Wilhelm Harr

    From Mötzingen, Schwarzwald. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 8 March 1915 (Grenadier Regiment No. 5).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 2 of 70 records for Harr in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

Australia14 records

14 records of the Harr name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 10
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 2
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ellen Harr

    Arrived in Victoria in 1859 aboard the Annie Wilson, aged 16; Irish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (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 John Harr

    Arrived in Queensland in 1876 aboard the Scottish Hero, aged 21.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Wm Harr

    Arrived in Victoria in 1852 aboard the Prince Regent, aged 18; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 14 records for Harr in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands14 records

14 records of the Harr name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 7
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 5
  • Dutch population registers 2
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Coenraad Harr

    Died 1819 in Rotterdam, aged 52.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Anna Eugenie Harr

    In the population register of Amsterdam; born 1903 in Entringen Wtbg.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Amsterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Coenraad Harr

    Married in 1794 in Rotterdam; born in Altingen.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 14 records for Harr in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Harr name in Canada Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Gottfried Franz Harr

    Died 1913; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Showing 1 of 2 records for Harr in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Harr 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 P. H. Harr

    Essex Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    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).

France1 record

1 record of the Harr name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Rosa Anna Harr

    Born 1929 in Germany; died 1998 in Ménévillers (Oise).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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