Hardacre

English

Etymology

Topographic surname for someone who lived on a patch of poor, stony land, from Middle English hard (“hard”) + aker (“acre, field”).

Proper noun

Hardacre (plural Hardacres)

1. A surname from Middle English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hardacre is the 45105^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 475 individuals. Hardacre is most common among White (96.21%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hardacre”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 129.