Hargreaves Surname

19,463rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28,189 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Hargreaves Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Hargrave,' parishes in the Dioceses Chester, Ely, Peterborough; grave = grove. Probably the haregrove (v. grove, Skeat). The Hargreaves of Lancashire probably spring from Hargrave, Cheshire.

Read More About This Surname

Hargreaves Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England15,7111:3,546482
Australia4,3191:6,250910
United States3,1951:113,44612,276
Canada1,6641:22,1433,034
New Zealand8311:5,449881
South Africa7061:76,7399,531
Wales3921:7,894876
Scotland3561:15,0391,889
Brazil1531:1,399,17947,255
France1111:598,40379,437
Thailand881:802,708129,613
Trinidad and Tobago811:16,8392,073
Chile711:248,1197,493
Spain691:677,56630,057
Mauritius441:29,3965,731
Guernsey441:1,465311
Isle of Man351:2,452488
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Netherlands241:703,63256,027
Northern Ireland221:83,8655,605
Barbados161:17,9661,009
Sweden151:656,45048,545
Jersey141:7,0861,520
Denmark121:470,39330,183
Belgium111:1,045,14978,166
Malaysia111:2,681,293102,971
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Italy91:6,795,188113,457
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
Czechia71:1,519,06797,842
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Norway61:857,04855,549
Ireland61:784,82316,062
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Tonga41:26,828461
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
China31:455,773,85521,925
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Egypt21:45,967,877132,655
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Falkland Islands11:3,132317
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Eritrea11:4,751,901911
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland191:233,15110,389
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England12,4811:1,953264
Scotland391:95,9804,885
Wales241:65,3513,160
Isle of Man71:7,753762
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1251:401,74929,788

Hargreaves (75) may also be a first name.

Hargreaves Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Hargrave,' parishes in the Dioceses Chester, Ely, Peterborough; grave = grove. Probably the haregrove (v. grove, Skeat). The Hargreaves of Lancashire probably spring from Hargrave, Cheshire.

John de Haregrave, Buckinghamshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John de Hargreve. Calendarium Rotulorum Patentium in Turri Londinensi.

William de Haregreve, 1296: East Cheshire.

Richard de Haregreve, 1296: ibid.

Henry Hargrevys, 1486, Yorkshire W. it.

Ambrose Hargreves, or Hargrave. Bras. Coll., 1586 (Yorkshire): Register of the University of Oxford.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Of recent introduction from England. It is an old Lancashire local name. There are, however, other places of this name in England.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

Genit., or pl.,of Hargr(e)ave, q.v.

William de Haregreves.—Lanc. Fines, A.D. 1330.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Hargrave (hares’ grove), the name of several places in England.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A location name in Lancashire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Hargreaves is an old Lancashire name (W. W.). It is also common in the West Riding, particularly in the Leeds district. There are two Cheshire hamlets called Hargrave.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Hargreaves Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Hargreaves Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Hargreaves is found most frequently in England. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hargreaves? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 19,463rd most commonly held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 258,524 people. The surname Hargreaves occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Hargreaves are found; 59 percent are found in Northern Europe and 59 percent are found in British Isles. Hargreaves is also the 1,116,575th most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 75 people.

The last name is most commonly used in England, where it is carried by 15,711 people, or 1 in 3,546. In England it is most prevalent in: Lancashire, where 21 percent live, Greater Manchester, where 12 percent live and West Yorkshire, where 12 percent live. Beside England it is found in 79 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 15 percent live and The United States, where 11 percent live.

Hargreaves Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Hargreaves has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Hargreaves surname grew 126 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 2,556 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 1,633 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 913 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 68 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Hargreaves Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Anglican (63%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Hargreaves surname are 6% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.77% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Hargreaves earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 22.64% more than the national average, earning R 291,444 per year; in United States they earn 6.53% more than the national average, earning $45,967 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.19% more than the national average, earning $50,770 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

Hargreaves Reference & Research

Hargrave_Hargrove FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Hargreaves
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis