# Haddon (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/haddon/  
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 | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,777 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,247 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 173,745 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.7% (1,698 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

# For the place in Cambridgeshire: 'Hædda's Hill', from Middle English Haddedune, from Old English personal name Headda + dūn (“hill”). # For all other places in England (including derivative compounds): 'Heath Hill', from Old English hæþ (“heath”) + dūn (“hill”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Haddon 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) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Where

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

## People named Haddon

- Alfred Cort Haddon, British anthropologist (1855–1940)

## Similar surnames

Hayden, Hatton, Hadden, Haden, Haydon, Hayton, Hutton, Heaton, Hatten, Hooten, Hedden, Heiden.

## 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.