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    The surname Haskins

    A surname, carried by 16,842 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H252

    Haskins: #2,154 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Haskins #2,154, 16,842 people Haskins: #2,154 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Haskins #2,154, 16,842 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Haskins is more common than 98.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,842 people named Haskins in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,332 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,457.

    #2,154
    rank among US surnames
    16,842
    people in 2010
    5.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #2,022)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,145Knutson16,91018,258
    #2,146Hussain16,90918,259
    #2,147Hsu16,90718,261
    #2,148Comer16,89318,277
    #2,149Hawk16,88418,286
    #2,150Hamlin16,87118,300
    #2,152Schwab16,87018,301

    Who is named Haskins

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

    68% of people named Haskins identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 68%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 26%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Haskinss

    7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Charles Homer Haskins
      American historian (1870–1937)
    • Dennis Haskins
      American actor (1950–2026)
    • Dwayne Haskins
      American football player (1997–2022)
    • Alice Haskins
      American botanist (1880-1971)
    • Clem Haskins
      American basketball player and coach, born 1943
    • Don Haskins
      American basketball player and coach (1930–2008)
    • Kittredge Haskins
      American politician (1836-1916)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Haskins

    Haskins has the Soundex code H252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H252.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Haskins?
    16,842 people in the United States had the surname Haskins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,332 Americans. It ranked 2,154th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Haskins?
    In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Haskins identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Haskins?
    Charles Homer Haskins, American historian (1870–1937), followed by Dennis Haskins.
    Where is the surname Haskins most common?
    Wikidata records people named Haskins in the United States.
    Is the surname Haskins getting more or less common?
    More common. 16,457 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,842 in 2010, up 2.3%.