Harbord
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in English: from OE hār + beard ‘grey-beard’; first attested Wulfwine Hareberd c1100 OEByn (Somerset); also related to HERBERT
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/hɑɹbɔɹd/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Harbord is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- GBUnited Kingdom
- USUnited States
- AUAustralia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from OE hār + beard ‘grey-beard’; first attested Wulfwine Hareberd c1100 OEByn (Somerset); also related to HERBERT.
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
How Harbord is read(measured from records)
Harbord is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English85%
from OE hār + beard ‘grey-beard’; first attested Wulfwine Hareberd c1100 OEByn (Somerset); also related to HERBERT.
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
- German5.1%
patronymisch zu Rufname Heribord/Herbord (mit heri- 'Heer'); 82 Träger.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
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)
- William Harbordb. 1635RSBritish politician
- Harbord Harbordb. 1676GBBritish Member of Parliament (died 1742)
- William Mordenb. 1696GBnot in their usual nameBritish Member of Parliament (c1696-1770)
- Harbord Harbord, 1st Baron Suffieldb. 1734GBBritish Baron (1734-1810)
- William Harbord, 2nd Baron Suffieldb. 1766GBBritish politician (1766-1821)
- Edward Harbord, 3rd Baron Suffieldb. 1781GBBritish Baron (1781-1835)
- Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffieldb. 1830GBBritish Baron
- Arthur Harbordb. 1865GBBritish politician (1865-1941)
- James Harbordb. 1866USUnited States Army Lieutenant General and President of RCA (1866–1947)
- Cyril Harbordb. 1873ZABritish military personnel
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 8 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 145 | #124,450 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 135 | #118,954 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 114 | #145,220 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- 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 Harbord mean, and where does it come from?
- from OE hār + beard ‘grey-beard’; first attested Wulfwine Hareberd c1100 OEByn (Somerset); also related to HERBERT. Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- How do you pronounce Harbord?
- A machine transcription gives /hɑɹbɔɹd/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Harbord have the most bearers?
- Harbord is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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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, “Harbord”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.