The Harter surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 9,843 people carried this name — #3,332 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 27,400 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 615 people named Harter.
22 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 39 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
103 people named Harter live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Harter.
- Harrison 175,577 · U.S. census
- Harry 8,799 · U.S. census
- Hart 132,466 · U.S. census
- Harte 2,632 · U.S. census
- Hartel 1,055 · U.S. census
- Hartenstein 667 · U.S. census
- Hartert 189 · U.S. census
- Harth 855 · U.S. census
- Hartman 63,827 · U.S. census
- Hartmann 10,612 · U.S. census
- Hartung 5,042 · U.S. census
- Hartweg 111 · U.S. census
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