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Where Does The Last Name Hard Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Hard (Arabic: هرد, Hindi: हर्द, Marathi: हाद) occurs most in The United States. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Härd. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hard? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Hard is the 55,674^th most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 799,073 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 34 percent of Hard live; 33 percent live in North America and 32 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 158,184^th most frequently used given name in the world, held by 2,232 people.

The surname Hard is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 3,111 people, or 1 in 116,509. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 10 percent reside, California, where 10 percent reside and Illinois, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this surname exists in 118 countries. It also occurs in Yemen, where 13 percent reside and Morocco, where 6 percent reside.

Hard Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Hard has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Hard surname increased 240 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 9 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 550 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 125 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 98 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Hard Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Hard surname is primarily Catholic (77%) in Ireland, Orthodox (100%) in Russia, Greek Orthodox (50%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (80%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Hard surname are 20.1% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.87% being registered with the party.

The amount Hard earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 0.26% more than the national average, earning $43,263 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.42% less than the national average, earning $46,991 CAD per year.