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

Hartter, 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 Hartter surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Hartter in America

Hartter is the 56444th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Hartter surname appeared 362 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Hartter.

We can also compare 2010 data for Hartter 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 Hartter

The surname Hartter is of German origin, stemming from the Middle High German words "harte" meaning "hard" or "harsh," and "hart" meaning "forest" or "wooded area." This suggests that the name may have originated as a descriptive surname for someone who lived in a harsh or rugged forested area, or perhaps as an occupational name for a forester or woodsman.

The earliest recorded instances of this surname date back to the 14th century in various regions of Germany, including Bavaria, Saxony, and the Rhineland. In its earliest forms, the name appeared in records as "Harter," "Hartter," and "Hartther," among other variations.

One of the earliest documented references to the name is found in the Codex Diplomaticus Saxoniae, a collection of historical documents from Saxony, which mentions a "Hermannus Hartter" in 1387. Similarly, the Bairische Landtafel, a Bavarian register of landowners, lists a "Hanns Hartter" in 1472.

In the 16th century, the name appears in various Germanic regions, including mentions of a "Hans Hartter" in a 1521 record from Esslingen, Württemberg, and a "Jobst Hartter" in a 1559 document from Nürnberg, Bavaria.

Notable individuals with the surname Hartter throughout history include:

1. Johann Hartter (c. 1565-1635), a German composer and organist active in the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods.

2. Christoph Hartter (1598-1663), a German theologian and author known for his works on ecclesiastical law and canon law.

3. Gottfried Hartter (1760-1825), a German jurist and legal scholar who served as a judge and professor of law in Göttingen.

4. Karl Hartter (1837-1891), a German landscape painter and etcher known for his depictions of the Black Forest region.

5. Ernst Hartter (1880-1952), a German entomologist and lepidopterist who made significant contributions to the study of butterflies and moths.

Several towns and villages in Germany also bear names derived from the surname Hartter, such as Harttersheim in Bavaria and Hartterode in Thuringia, which may indicate the presence of early settlers bearing this name in those areas.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Hartter

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

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

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