How common is the surname Hast?

559 people in the United States had the surname Hast in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 552,318 Americans. It ranked 39,352nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hast?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Hast identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Hast getting more or less common?

Less common. 585 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 559 in 2010, down 4.4%.

The surname Hast

A German place surname, carried by 559 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H230

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hast is more common than 75.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

Various origins: * Borrowed from German Hast, probably a habitational surname. * Borrowed from Swedish Hast, a nickname from hast (“haste, hurry”). * Reduced form of the English surname Hayhurst.

Hast is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

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 559 people named Hast in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 552,318 Americans. That is down 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 585.

#39,352

rank among US surnames

559

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-4.4%

change since 2000 (was #36,189)

Who is named Hast

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

92% of people named Hast identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hast

Hast has the Soundex code H230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H230.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hast come from?: Various origins: * Borrowed from German Hast, probably a habitational surname. * Borrowed from Swedish Hast, a nickname from hast (“haste, hurry”). * Reduced form of the English surname Hayhurst.
How common is the surname Hast?: 559 people in the United States had the surname Hast in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 552,318 Americans. It ranked 39,352nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hast?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Hast identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Hast?: Hast is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Hast getting more or less common?: Less common. 585 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 559 in 2010, down 4.4%.