Find out how popular the last name Haralson is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Haralson.

Haralson, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Haralson surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Haralson in America

Haralson is the 10686th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Haralson surname appeared 2,991 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Haralson.

We can also compare 2010 data for Haralson to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Haralson

The surname Haralson originated in Sweden during the Middle Ages. It is derived from the Old Norse personal name Harald, which means "army ruler" or "commander of an army." The name Harald was popular among Viking warriors and kings, and it is believed that the suffix "-son" was added to indicate that the bearer was the son of a man named Harald.

The earliest known record of the surname Haralson dates back to the 13th century. In 1285, a man named Haraldsun is mentioned in the Diplomatarium Norvegicum, a collection of medieval Norwegian documents. This early spelling variation suggests that the name may have been originally written as Haraldsun or Haraldson before evolving into its modern form, Haralson.

In the 14th century, the Haralson name appeared in several Swedish census records and land grants. One notable example is Olof Haralson, a landowner in the province of Västergötland, who was mentioned in a deed from 1342. Another early record is of a man named Sven Haralson, who was a merchant in Stockholm in the late 1300s.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the Haralson name gained prominence in Sweden, particularly in the northern regions. One of the earliest recorded individuals with this surname was Nils Haralson, a farmer and landowner in the province of Jämtland, who was born in 1542.

In the 18th century, the Haralson name spread beyond Sweden to other parts of Scandinavia and eventually to North America. One of the earliest known bearers of this name in the New World was Lars Haralson, a Swedish immigrant who settled in the Delaware Valley region of Pennsylvania in the 1720s.

Notable individuals with the surname Haralson throughout history include:

1. Gustav Haralson (1608-1678), a Swedish military officer who served in the Thirty Years' War.
2. Anna Haralson (1712-1789), a Swedish author and poet known for her religious writings.
3. Nils Haralson (1789-1865), a Norwegian-American farmer and pioneer who settled in Wisconsin in the 1840s.
4. Silas Haralson (1815-1899), an American politician and judge who served as the 33rd Governor of Georgia from 1873 to 1877.
5. Gunnar Haralson (1909-1998), a Swedish architect and designer known for his innovative residential and commercial buildings.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Haralson

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Haralson.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Haralson was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Haralson has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Haralson was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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