The Hart surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 137,184 people carried this name — #207 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,150 people counted. That is up 4% from 132,466 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Hart surname
An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname from Middle English hert (“stag, hart”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hart» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 122 births for the Hart name in 1890.
They were registered in all four provinces, most of all in Connacht. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 5,400 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. The count includes the spelling Harte.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 349 people named Hart.
65 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 48 départements, most often Moselle.
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 Poland’s population register
142 people named Hart have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 240 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Subcarpathian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
136 people named Hart live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 70 people named Hart live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 22 people named Hart 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 the Nordic population registers
198 people named Hart are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Hart in American newspapers,
1893–1938.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,759,682 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Hart,
with a public archive behind them.
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Moses Hart 1675–1756 · rabbi -
Aaron Hart 1724–1800 · businessperson -
Ezekiel Hart 1770–1843 · politician -
Benjamin Hart 1779–1855 · businessperson -
Emma Willard 1787–1870 · head teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 152 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hart.
- 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
- Harry 9,311 · 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
- Harth 847 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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