How common is the surname Hagar?

3,075 people in the United States had the surname Hagar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,405 Americans. It ranked 10,458th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hagar?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Hagar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hagar?

Sammy Hagar, American rock singer.

Where is the surname Hagar most common?

Wikidata records people named Hagar in the United States.

Is the surname Hagar getting more or less common?

More common. 2,836 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,075 in 2010, up 8.4%.

The surname Hagar

A surname, carried by 3,075 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hagar is more common than 93.6% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,075 people named Hagar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 100,405 Americans. That is up 8.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,836.

#10,458

rank among US surnames

3,075

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+8.4%

change since 2000 (was #10,416)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,450	Riffe	3,078	100,307
#10,451	Edgington	3,077	100,340
#10,453	Mellen	3,076	100,372
#10,458	Hagar	3,075	100,405
#10,459	Doria	3,074	100,438
#10,462	Stecker	3,073	100,470
#10,465	Janzen	3,072	100,503

Who is named Hagar

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

89% of people named Hagar identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.7%
Two or more races 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hagars

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sammy Hagar
American rock singer, born 1947

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hagar

Hagar has the Soundex code H260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H260.

Questions

How common is the surname Hagar?: 3,075 people in the United States had the surname Hagar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,405 Americans. It ranked 10,458th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hagar?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Hagar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hagar?: Sammy Hagar, American rock singer.
Where is the surname Hagar most common?: Wikidata records people named Hagar in the United States.
Is the surname Hagar getting more or less common?: More common. 2,836 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,075 in 2010, up 8.4%.