How common is the surname Haag?

9,957 people in the United States had the surname Haag in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,008 Americans. It ranked 3,576th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Haag?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Haag identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Haag?

Carl Haag, British artist (1820-1915).

Where is the surname Haag most common?

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

Is the surname Haag getting more or less common?

More common. 9,645 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,957 in 2010, up 3.2%.

The surname Haag

A surname, carried by 9,957 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Haag is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

* 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.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,957 people named Haag in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,008 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,645.

#3,576

rank among US surnames

9,957

people in 2010

3.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #3,396)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,567	Starling	10,004	30,862
#3,568	Haller	9,992	30,899
#3,569	Thorn	9,988	30,912
#3,571	Curiel	9,983	30,927
#3,573	Stine	9,979	30,940
#3,574	Catalano	9,973	30,958
#3,575	Beckham	9,960	30,999

Who is named Haag

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Haag identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Haags

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Carl Haag
British artist (1820-1915)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Haag

Haag has the Soundex code H200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H200.

Questions

Where does the surname Haag come from?: * 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…
How common is the surname Haag?: 9,957 people in the United States had the surname Haag in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,008 Americans. It ranked 3,576th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Haag?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Haag identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Haag?: Carl Haag, British artist (1820-1915).
Where is the surname Haag most common?: Wikidata records people named Haag in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Haag getting more or less common?: More common. 9,645 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,957 in 2010, up 3.2%.