Popularity of the last name by country
Finland
- Kanta-Häme / Egentliga Tavastland (133)
- Pohjanmaa / Österbotten (66)
- Lappi / Lappland (50)
- Etelä-Savo / Södra Savolax (40)
- Uusimaa / Nyland (34)
- Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland (23)
- Keski-Suomi / Mellersta Finland (13)
- Pohjois-Savo / Norra Savolax (10)
- Pohjois-Karjala / Norra Karelen (7)
- Pohjois-Pohjanmaa / Norra Österbotten (5)
- Kymenlaakso / Kymmenedalen (4)
All countries
- United Kingdom (296,902)
- United States (246,289)
- Netherlands (110,608)
- Ireland (37,606)
- Australia (18,097)
- France (16,203)
- New Zealand (15,043)
- Germany (13,082)
- Canada (8,224)
- Unknown country (5,083)
- Austria (3,890)
- Belgium (2,599)
- Hungary (2,192)
- China (1,427)
- Switzerland (1,070)
- Sweden (1,013)
- Netherlands Antilles (865)
- Italy (855)
- South Africa (804)
- Luxembourg (614)
- Poland (508)
- Czech republic (499)
- India (496)
- Romania (442)
- Finland (433)
- Peru (398)
- Denmark (349)
- Colombia (317)
- Spain (313)
- Mexico (285)
- Indonesia (279)
- Jamaica (275)
- Mauritius (272)
- Russian Federation (215)
- French Polynesia (202)
- Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (196)
- Suriname (193)
- Norway (173)
- Guadeloupe (172)
- Trinidad and Tobago (167)
Origine of last name
HART : 1: English and North German: nickname from Middle English hert (Old English heorot) Middle Low German hërte harte ‘hart stag’ perhaps for a quick-footed or timorous individual.2: German: variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Hardt">Hardt</a> 1 and 2. It is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).3: Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name or nickname from German and Yiddish hart ‘hard’.4: Dutch: from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name with the first element hard ‘hardy brave strong’.5: Dutch (‘t Hart): from Middle Dutch hart modern Dutch hert ‘deer hart’ or hart ‘heart’ applied as a topographic or habitational name referring to a house or inn named for instance ‘t Vliegend Hart (‘the Flying Deer’) or ‘t Dorstig Hart (‘the Thirsty Heart’). Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/De%20Hart">De Hart</a>.6: Americanized form (a shortened and altered translation) of some of the French surnames containing the word coeur ‘heart’: <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Francoeur">Francoeur</a> <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Jolicoeur">Jolicoeur</a> <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Vadeboncoeur">Vadeboncoeur</a>.7: French: from an Old French word meaning ‘rope’ hence possibly a metonymic occupational name for a rope maker or a hangman.8: Irish (Sligo): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAirt ‘descendant of Art’ a byname meaning ‘bear’ or ‘hero’. The English surname became established in Ireland in the 17th century. Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Hartin">Hartin</a>.9: Native American (Cheyenne): from a shortened and altered English translation of the Cheyenne personal name Homa'ehesta ‘Beaver Heart’ composed of homa'e ‘beaver’ (see also <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Beaver">Beaver</a> 4) and hesta ‘heart’.
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