as a Last Name
- 2,143
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Harland
Meaning & Origins
English (mainly northeastern): habitational name from any of various minor places (including perhaps some now lost) named from Old English hār ‘gray’, hara ‘hare’, or hær ‘rock’, ‘tumulus’ + land ‘tract of land’, ‘estate’, ‘cultivated land’, notably Harland in Kirkbymoorside. North Yorkshire, which is named from hær + land. This surname has been present in northern Ireland since the 17th century.
| 12,400th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 2,143
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Iowa
- has the most people named Harland per capita
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