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    The surname Happ

    A German surname, carried by 1,172 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H100

    Happ: #22,095 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Happ #22,095, 1,172 people Happ: #22,095 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Happ #22,095, 1,172 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Happ is more common than 86.4% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Happ.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,172 people named Happ in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 263,435 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,161.

    #22,095
    rank among US surnames
    1,172
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.9%
    change since 2000 (was #21,088)

    Who is named Happ

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

    95% of people named Happ identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Happ

    Happ has the Soundex code H100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H100.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Happ come from?
    Borrowed from German Happ.
    How common is the surname Happ?
    1,172 people in the United States had the surname Happ in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 263,435 Americans. It ranked 22,095th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Happ?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Happ identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Happ getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,161 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,172 in 2010, up 0.9%.