# Haas (surname)

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

A surname from Pennsylvania German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 34,918 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,001 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 8,842 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.6% (34,032 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Dutch, German, and Jewish surname, from Middle Dutch and Middle High German hase, from Old High German hase (“hare”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Haas 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Haas in the United States, Austria, Switzerland, Australia, Archduchy of Austria and Austria–Hungary.

## People named Haas

- Mario Haas, Austrian footballer
- Lukas Haas, American actor
- Ernst Haas, American photographer (1921-1986)
- Wolfgang Haas, Archbishiop of Vaduz
- Christl Haas, Austrian alpine skier
- Charlie Haas, American professional wrestler and collegiate wrestler
- Mary Haas, American linguist; studied historical linguistics (1910–1996)
- Hans Haas, Austrian weightlifter (1906-1973)
- Gene Haas, American businessman
- Nathan Haas, Australian racing cyclist
- Georg Friedrich Haas, Austrian composer
- Townley Haas, American swimmer

and 14 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Hays, Haase, Hass, Haws, Hause, Hasse, Haus, Hase, Hayes, Hawes, Haag, Hawks.

## 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.