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    The surname Hak

    A Khmer surname, carried by 589 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H200

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hak is more common than 76.7% of them.

    Origin

    Khmer origin

    * As a Dutch surname, variant of Haack. * As a Czech surname Hák, from the noun hák (“hook”). * As a Cambodian surname, from Khmer ហាក់ (hak), itself of Chinese origin and from 和 (“peace”), compare He. * As an Islamic name mainly in India, borrowed from Bengali হক (hok). Compare Haq. * Also as a Chinese surname, from 郝 (hǎo), see Hao.

    One of 19 Khmer surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 589 people named Hak in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 524,186 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 506.

    #37,735
    rank among US surnames
    589
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +16.4%
    change since 2000 (was #40,690)

    Who is named Hak

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

    71% of people named Hak identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 24% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 71%
    • White (not Hispanic) 24%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hak

    Hak has the Soundex code H200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H200.

    Other Khmer surnames

    All 19 Khmer surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hak come from?
    * As a Dutch surname, variant of Haack. * As a Czech surname Hák, from the noun hák (“hook”). * As a Cambodian surname, from Khmer ហាក់ (hak), itself of Chinese origin and from 和 (“peace”), compare He. * As an Islamic name mainly in India, borrowed from Bengali হক (hok). Compare Haq. * Also as a…
    How common is the surname Hak?
    589 people in the United States had the surname Hak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 524,186 Americans. It ranked 37,735th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hak?
    In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Hak identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 24% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Hak getting more or less common?
    More common. 506 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 589 in 2010, up 16%.