How common is the surname Haddon?

1,777 people in the United States had the surname Haddon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,745 Americans. It ranked 16,247th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Haddon?

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

Where is the surname Haddon most common?

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

Is the surname Haddon getting more or less common?

More common. 1,698 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,777 in 2010, up 4.7%.

The surname Haddon

An English surname, carried by 1,777 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H350

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Haddon is more common than 90% of them.

Origin

English origin

# 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”).

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,777 people named Haddon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 173,745 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,698.

#16,247

rank among US surnames

1,777

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4.7%

change since 2000 (was #15,771)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,238	Smoker	1,778	173,648
#16,247	Haddon	1,777	173,745
#16,250	Saxe	1,776	173,843
#16,254	Ashcroft	1,775	173,941

Who is named Haddon

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

87% of people named Haddon identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.4%
Two or more races 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Haddons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alfred Cort Haddon
British anthropologist (1855–1940)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Haddon

Haddon has the Soundex code H350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H350.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Haddon come from?: # 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”).
How common is the surname Haddon?: 1,777 people in the United States had the surname Haddon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,745 Americans. It ranked 16,247th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Haddon?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Haddon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Haddon?: Alfred Cort Haddon, British anthropologist (1855–1940).
Where is the surname Haddon most common?: Wikidata records people named Haddon in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Haddon getting more or less common?: More common. 1,698 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,777 in 2010, up 4.7%.