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    The surname Haste

    A French occupational surname, carried by 634 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H230

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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). Haste is more common than 78.1% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    Metonymic occupation surname for someone who turned the spit for roasting meat, from Old French haste (“spit”).

    Haste is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 634 people named Haste in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 486,980 Americans. That is down 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 648.

    #35,489
    rank among US surnames
    634
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #33,248)

    Who is named Haste

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

    92% of people named Haste identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    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

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    Surnames that sound like Haste

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

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Haste come from?
    Metonymic occupation surname for someone who turned the spit for roasting meat, from Old French haste (“spit”).
    How common is the surname Haste?
    634 people in the United States had the surname Haste in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 486,980 Americans. It ranked 35,489th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Haste?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Haste identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Haste?
    Haste is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Haste getting more or less common?
    Less common. 648 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 634 in 2010, down 2.2%.