How common is the surname Hafer?

3,989 people in the United States had the surname Hafer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,399 Americans. It ranked 8,308th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hafer?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hafer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Hafer getting more or less common?

More common. 3,771 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,989 in 2010, up 5.8%.

The surname Hafer

A surname, carried by 3,989 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hafer is more common than 94.9% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,989 people named Hafer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 77,399 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,771.

#8,308

rank among US surnames

3,989

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5.8%

change since 2000 (was #8,101)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,299	Hoard	3,992	77,341
#8,304	Vannoy	3,991	77,360
#8,305	Jean-Pierre	3,990	77,380
#8,308	Press	3,989	77,399
#8,312	Steinbach	3,987	77,438
#8,313	Rideout	3,986	77,457
#8,316	Woodhouse	3,985	77,477

Who is named Hafer

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

95% of people named Hafer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hafer

Hafer has the Soundex code H160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H160.

Questions

How common is the surname Hafer?: 3,989 people in the United States had the surname Hafer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,399 Americans. It ranked 8,308th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hafer?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hafer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Hafer getting more or less common?: More common. 3,771 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,989 in 2010, up 5.8%.