The Harriman surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,045 people carried this name — #6,694 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 58,500 people counted. That is up 4% from 4,851 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Harriman surname

From the given name Herman.

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

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as an occupational name: ‘the servant of Harry’.

His entry covers Harriman and Harryman.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 362 · public domain.

In print

Harriman in American newspapers,
1909.

Newspaper page from Evening Journal carrying the name Harriman
Evening Journal 1909-09-10
Newspaper page from The Marion Daily Mirror carrying the name Harriman
The Marion Daily Mirror 1909-09-10
Newspaper page from The Madison Daily Leader carrying the name Harriman
The Madison Daily Leader 1909-09-11

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

In print

Harriman in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1980s.

11,982 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Harriman. The most, 4,019, date from the 1940s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in the Australian Capital Territory, at 2.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 3,850
Queensland 2,530
Victoria 2,302
Western Australia 1,133
South Australia 858
Tasmania 711
ACT (Canberra) 531
Northern Territory 36

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

Who carried it

People named Harriman,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Harriman
    William Harriman 1760–1821
  • Henry Harriman
    Henry Harriman 1804–1891 · missionary
  • Orlando Harriman Jr.
    Orlando Harriman Jr. 1813–1881 · priest
  • Walter Harriman
    Walter Harriman 1817–1884 · politician
  • Oliver Harriman Sr.
    Oliver Harriman Sr. 1829–1904 · businessperson
  • Joseph Harriman d. 1847

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Harriman,
in the records of 5 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 States527 records

527 records of the Harriman name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 199
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 129
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 79
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 49
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 34
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 28
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • 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 Leslie M. Harriman

    Born 1915 in Oregon. Enlisted 1942 at Tacoma, Washington; sales clerk. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1964, buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, California.

    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 Chas Harriman

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Werkendam from Boulogne and Rotterdam, aged 22; waiter. From London, France; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Eugene Howard Harriman

    Born 1936; from West Franklin, New Hampshire. U.S. Army, combat engineer; died of wounds 1967 in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 527 records for Harriman in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · 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) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · 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); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia76 records

76 records of the Harriman name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 36
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 21
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 10
  • Tasmanian Names Index 5
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 4
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record John Harriman

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the John Calvin, sailing from Woolwich in 1846. Native of Barwon, Leicestershire.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (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 Wm Harriman

    Arrived in Victoria in 1854 aboard the Indian Queen, aged 37; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Archie Cosway Harriman

    Engineer of Hawthorn, Victoria; died 1983.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 76 records for Harriman in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada20 records

20 records of the Harriman name in Canada
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 8
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 5
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 3
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Jean Harriman

    Buried in 1995 at Fairview Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

    City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Beverley Joseph Harriman

    Died 1971 in Port Hawkesbury, Inverness, Nova Scotia, aged 67.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record John Harriman

    Died in service in 1941.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 20 records for Harriman in Canada.

Counts: City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

United Kingdom3 records

3 records of the Harriman 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 A. Harriman

    Sapper, Royal Engineers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record A. R. Harriman

    Kent Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record F. Harriman

    Machine Gun Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    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).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Harriman name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Edith Kerby Harriman

    In a population register.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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