# Haag (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/haag/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,957 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,576 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 31,008 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.2% (9,645 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a German and Dutch surname, from the noun Hecke (“hedge”). * Also as a Dutch surname, shortened from Van den Haag, a name derived from the Hague. * As a south German and Alemannic German surname (and Swedish adoption of it), from the personal name Hago, from a derivative of Proto-West Germanic *haggju (“hedge”) and thus related to the first sense.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Haag in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Haag in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Haag

- Carl Haag, British artist (1820-1915)

## Similar surnames

Hague, Hoag, Haug, Haack, Haga, Haak, Haig, Haake, Haas, Haase, Haugh, Hauge.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.