The Harry surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,311 people carried this name — #3,802 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 31,600 people counted. That is up 6% from 8,799 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 405 people named Harry.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 36 départements, most often Loiret.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
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 70 people named Harry 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
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
29 people named Harry live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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.
In print
Harry in American newspapers,
1911.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,125,563 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Harry,
with a public archive behind them.
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John Harry 1857–1919 · cricketer -
Stephen Harry d. 1428 · politician
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Philip Harry d. 1867 · painter
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Sybil Violet Edlestone Harry d. 1972
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John Harry 1301–1401 · politician
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Miles Harry 1700–1776 · Christian minister
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Harry.
- Harpin 480 · U.S. census
- Harre 556 · U.S. census
- Harrer 639 · U.S. census
- Harriet 230 · U.S. census
- Harris 624,252 · U.S. census
- Harrison 181,091 · U.S. census
- Hart 137,184 · U.S. census
- Harte 3,202 · U.S. census
- Hartel 973 · U.S. census
- Hartenstein 683 · U.S. census
- Harter 10,020 · U.S. census
- Hartert 183 · U.S. census
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