Harvey
111,716 people in the United States were counted with the surname Harvey in the 2020 census, making it the 273rd most common in the country. That is about one person in 2,676.
By the numbers
- People
- 111,716
- Rank
- 273rd
- How common
- 1 in 2,676
- Per 100,000
- 37.4
Where the name comes from
Origin a given name
From Haerviu, name of a Breton saint, from obt hoiarn (“iron”) + viu (“blazing”). Cognate with modern Breton Haerviu.
Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Who bears the name
How people with the surname Harvey described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:
Notable people called Harvey
- William Harvey (1578–1657)English physician
- Steve Harvey (born 1957)American television presenter, comedian, actor, and author
- PJ Harvey (born 1969)English singer-songwriter
- David Harvey (born 1935)British geographer and anthropologist
- Laurence Harvey (1928–1973)Lithuanian-born British actor
- James Michael Harvey (born 1949)American Roman Catholic cardinal
- Lilian Harvey (1906–1968)Anglo-German actress and singer
- Samantha Harvey (born 1975)English writer
People named Harvey with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Surnames like Harvey
Also a first name
Harvey has been given to 128,792 American babies as a first name since 1880, peaking in 1921. See it as a given name.
Try it on yourself
Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.