Hardey
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Hardey is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Lancs and Cheshire; NR. see Hardy .
- USUnited States1 in 786K(measured from records)
- DZAlgeria≈1 in 224K
- AUAustralia≈1 in 240K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 157 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 224K (inferred from the name graph)
≈670 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Algeria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Main GB Location (1881): Lancs and Cheshire; NR. see Hardy .
Sources 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Where in the world(measured from records)
Hardey counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG Nigeria | ≈670 est. | ≈1 in 317K | — | Hardey | 12 |
| US United States | 423 | 1 in 786K | 565 | Hardey | 157 |
| DZ Algeria | ≈190 est. | ≈1 in 224K | — | Hardey | 1 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 470K | — | Hardey | 63 |
| AU Australia | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 240K | — | Hardey | 44 |
| SG Singapore | ≈18 est. | ≈1 in 349K | — | Hardey | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Joseph Hardeyb. 1804(1804-1875) farmer and Wesleyan layman
- Mary Aloysia Hardeyb. 1809USAmerican nun (1809-1886)
- Elliott Hardeyb. 1932CACanadian Member of Parliament
- Richard HardeyGB(active 1886-1882)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 10 sources across 3 countries.
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Hardey mean, and where does it come from?
- Main GB Location (1881): Lancs and Cheshire; NR. see Hardy . Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
- In which country does Hardey have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 674 people named Hardey in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hardey.
- How common is the name Hardey?
- In the United States, the national register counted 423 people named Hardey in 2010, about 1 in 786 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/hardeyThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hardey”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.