Harmon
surname · Latin script
Meaning: generally of English origin (see 1); but sometimes also used as a variant of Harman or Hardiman, i.e
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/hɑɹmən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Harmon is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- CNChina≈1 in 2.6K(inferred from the name graph)
- IEIreland≈1 in 3.9K
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 4.3K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 497 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.9K (inferred from the name graph)
≈530,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Åland Islands, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
generally of English origin (see 1); but sometimes also used as a variant of Harman or Hardiman, i.e. an Anglicized form of Gaelic 6 hArgadain (see Hargadon).
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Harmon counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈530,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.6K | — | Harmon | 15 |
| US United States | #397 | 74,737 | 1 in 4.5K | 75K | Harmon | 497 |
| GB United Kingdom | #790 | ≈9,400 est. | ≈1 in 7K | — | Harmon | 125 |
| DZ Algeria | — | ≈7,000 est. | ≈1 in 6.1K | — | Harmon | 4 |
| IT Italy | #963 | ≈6,000 est. | ≈1 in 10K | — | Harmon | 16 |
| IE Ireland | #391 | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 3.9K | — | Harmon | 71 |
| NZ New Zealand | #447 | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 4.3K | — | Harmon | 29 |
| AX Åland Islands | #142 | ≈14 est. | ≈1 in 1.9K | — | Harmon | 4 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
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)
- Ellen G. Whiteb. 1827USnot in their usual nameAmerican author, co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (1827–1915)
- Judson Harmonb. 1846USAmerican judge (1846-1927)
- John Harmonb. 1905USAmerican actor (1905-1985)
- Sidney Harmonb. 1907USAmerican film producer and screenwriter (1907-1988)
- Tom Harmonb. 1919USAmerican football player and sportscaster (1919–1990)
- Mark Harmonb. 1951USAmerican actor
- Robert Harmonb. 1953USAmerican film and television director (born 1953)
- Angie Harmonb. 1972USAmerican actress
- Dan Harmonb. 1973USAmerican screenwriter
- Richard Harmonb. 1991CACanadian actor
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 45 sources across 25 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 75K | #438 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 72K | #399 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 71K | #459 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 7
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)
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
- Where does the name Harmon come from?
- generally of English origin (see 1); but sometimes also used as a variant of Harman or Hardiman, i.e. an Anglicized form of Gaelic 6 hArgadain (see Hargadon). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Harmon?
- A machine transcription gives /hɑɹmən/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Harmon mean?
- Recorded meaning: generally of English origin (see 1); but sometimes also used as a variant of Harman or Hardiman, i.e.
- In which country does Harmon have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 532 thousand people named Harmon in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled harmon.
- How common is the name Harmon?
- In the United States, the national register counted 74,737 people named Harmon in 2010, about 1 in 4.5 thousand residents.
- How common is Harmon compared with other names?
- In Åland Islands, Harmon is the 142nd most common surname of 1,503 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Harmon?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/harmonThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
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, “Harmon” — the 142nd most common surname in Åland Islands. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.