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

Hartline, 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 Hartline surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Hartline in America

Hartline is the 9050th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Hartline surname appeared 3,610 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 Hartline.

We can also compare 2010 data for Hartline 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 Hartline

The surname Hartline originated in England and dates back to the 13th century. It is believed to have derived from an Old English word "heorot," meaning "hart" or "stag," combined with the word "lind" or "line," signifying a meadow or clearing. This suggests that the name may have initially referred to a person or family residing near a meadow frequented by deer.

Hartline was first recorded in the Hundredorum Rolls of Oxfordshire in 1273, spelled as "Hertlyne." This early record indicates that the name was present in the English county of Oxfordshire during the medieval period. Over time, variations in spelling emerged, including Hartlin, Hartlyne, and Hartleyne.

One of the earliest known references to the Hartline surname can be found in the Pipe Rolls of Gloucestershire from 1301, where a certain Robert Hertlyne is mentioned. This document provides evidence of the name's presence in the western English county of Gloucestershire during the early 14th century.

In the 16th century, the surname Hartline appeared in the Parish Records of St. Mary's Church in Prestbury, Gloucestershire. The baptismal record of John Hartlyne, son of William Hartlyne, was documented in 1586. This entry suggests that the Hartline family had established roots in the Prestbury area by the late 16th century.

Notable individuals with the Hartline surname include:

1. John Hartline (c. 1650-1711), an English Quaker who emigrated to Pennsylvania in the late 17th century and became a prominent landowner and community leader in Bucks County.

2. Haldan Keffer Hartline (1903-1983), an American physiologist who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1967 for his discoveries concerning the primary physiological and chemical visual processes in the eye.

3. Willard Van Orman Quine (1908-2000), an American philosopher and logician whose mother's maiden name was Hartline. Quine made significant contributions to the fields of mathematical logic, set theory, and the philosophy of language.

4. William Hartline (1856-1933), an American politician who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing the 10th congressional district of Pennsylvania from 1901 to 1903.

5. Robert Hartline (born 1947), an American professional football player who played as a wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins in the National Football League (NFL) from 1970 to 1976, winning two Super Bowl championships.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Hartline

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

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 Hartline 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 Hartline 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 Hartline was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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