Hardacre
English edit
Etymology edit
Topographic surname for someone who lived on a patch of poor, stony land, from Middle English hard (“hard”) + aker (“acre, field”).
Proper noun edit
Hardacre (plural Hardacres)
- A surname from Middle English.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Hardacre is the 45105th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 475 individuals. Hardacre is most common among White (96.21%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hardacre”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 129.