Hartland Surname

111,085th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,183 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Hartland Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Hartland,' a parish in the Diocese of Exeter, Devon.

Abbas de Hertilaund, Devon, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Hartland Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,1301:26,1593,577
United States7961:455,35038,933
Australia4541:59,4627,217
Wales1891:16,3731,773
South Africa1321:410,43735,867
Netherlands1181:143,11221,745
New Zealand1031:43,9647,284
Canada911:404,89735,698
Indonesia271:4,898,118234,077
Scotland191:281,78013,396
Northern Ireland161:115,3156,804
Ireland151:313,92910,911
France151:4,428,181244,602
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Jamaica101:286,9957,581
Barbados91:31,9391,516
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Norway81:642,78647,258
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Vanuatu41:65,8191,151
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland191:233,15110,389
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,3011:18,7362,691
Wales411:38,2542,050
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States461:1,091,71163,103

Hartland (128) may also be a first name.

Hartland Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Hartland,' a parish in the Diocese of Exeter, Devon.

Abbas de Hertilaund, Devon, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

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

(English) belonging to Hartland = the Hart-Land [Middle English hert, Old English heort, a hart, stag + land] Hartland, Devon, occurs as Hertilaund in the 13th century.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A town in Devonshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Alan de Hertalanda, Norm. 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). The house of Dinan were Barons of Hartland, Devon. See Dinham.

The Norman People (1874)

The Hartlands possess a name suggestive of their origin in North Devon. The surname, however, has been long in Gloucestershire. It was borne by a bailiff of Gloucester in 1474, and by a mayor of the city in 1517 (R.). It has also crossed the border, and established itself in Herefordshire.

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

Hartland Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hartland is found most in England. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hartland? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 111,085th most commonly held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,742,182 people. The last name Hartland occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Hartland are found; 57 percent are found in Northern Europe and 57 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 821,896th most commonly used first name internationally. It is borne by 128 people.

The surname is most widely held in England, where it is held by 2,130 people, or 1 in 26,159. In England Hartland is mostly concentrated in: West Midlands, where 25 percent live, Worcestershire, where 9 percent live and Greater London, where 7 percent live. Apart from England it is found in 34 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent live and Australia, where 11 percent live.

Hartland Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Hartland has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Hartland surname expanded 164 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 1,730 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 461 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 21 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Hartland Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Anglican (68%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Hartland surname are 9.95% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.72% being registered with the party.

The amount Hartland earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 44.15% more than the national average, earning 498,890 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 8.63% more than the national average, earning R 258,144 per year; in United States they earn 1.89% more than the national average, earning $43,964 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.69% less than the national average, earning $47,850 CAD per year.

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