How common is the surname Haas?

34,918 people in the United States had the surname Haas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,842 Americans. It ranked 1,001st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Haas?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Haas identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Haas?

Mario Haas, Austrian footballer, followed by Lukas Haas.

Where is the surname Haas most common?

Wikidata records people named Haas in the United States, Austria and Switzerland and 3 other countries.

Is the surname Haas getting more or less common?

More common. 34,032 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 34,918 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Haas

A surname, carried by 34,918 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). Haas is more common than 99.4% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 34,918 people named Haas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 8,842 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 34,032.

#1,001

rank among US surnames

34,918

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #941)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#992	Rollins	35,132	8,788
#993	Rowland	35,121	8,791
#994	Whitney	35,118	8,792
#995	Duke	35,053	8,808
#996	Odom	35,020	8,816
#997	Daugherty	34,987	8,825
#998	Travis	34,985	8,825

Who is named Haas

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

95% of people named Haas identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Haass

26 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mario Haas
Austrian footballer, born 1974
Lukas Haas
American actor, born 1976
Ernst Haas
American photographer (1921-1986)
Wolfgang Haas
Archbishiop of Vaduz, born 1948
Christl Haas
Austrian alpine skier, 1943–2001
Charlie Haas
American professional wrestler and collegiate wrestler, born 1972
Mary Haas
American linguist; studied historical linguistics (1910–1996)
Hans Haas
Austrian weightlifter (1906-1973)
Gene Haas
American businessman, born 1952
Nathan Haas
Australian racing cyclist, born 1989
Georg Friedrich Haas
Austrian composer, born 1953
Townley Haas
American swimmer, born 1996

Notable Haass come mostly from the United States (12), Austria (9) and Switzerland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Haas

Haas 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 Haas come from?: From Dutch, German, and Jewish surname, from Middle Dutch and Middle High German hase, from Old High German hase (“hare”).
How common is the surname Haas?: 34,918 people in the United States had the surname Haas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,842 Americans. It ranked 1,001st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Haas?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Haas identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Haas?: Mario Haas, Austrian footballer, followed by Lukas Haas.
Where is the surname Haas most common?: Wikidata records people named Haas in the United States, Austria and Switzerland and 3 other countries.
Is the surname Haas getting more or less common?: More common. 34,032 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 34,918 in 2010, up 2.6%.