The Harrer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 639 people carried this name — #35,246 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted. That is down 12% from 730 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Harrer surname
Middle High German harren
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Harrer» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 81 people named Harrer.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
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
55 people named Harrer live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Harrer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ignaz Harrer 1826–1905 · mayor -
Ferenc Harrer 1874–1969 · politician -
Hans Harrer 1530–1580 · entrepreneur
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Georg Theophil Harrer 1686–1742
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Johann Gottlob Harrer 1703–1755 · composer
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Georg Albrecht Harrer 1753–1822 · entomologist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Harrer.
- Haro 11,547 · U.S. census
- Haroun 378 · U.S. census
- Haroutunian 408 · U.S. census
- Harper 124,461 · U.S. census
- Harpin 480 · U.S. census
- Harre 556 · U.S. census
- Harriet 230 · U.S. census
- Harris 624,252 · U.S. census
- Harrison 181,091 · U.S. census
- Harry 9,311 · U.S. census
- Hart 137,184 · U.S. census
- Harte 3,202 · U.S. census
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