How common is the surname Haston?

1,663 people in the United States had the surname Haston in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 185,656 Americans. It ranked 17,072nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Haston?

Kirk Haston, American basketball player and politician.

Where is the surname Haston most common?

Wikidata records people named Haston in the United States.

Is the surname Haston getting more or less common?

More common. 1,452 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,663 in 2010, up 15%.

The surname Haston

An English place surname, carried by 1,663 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H235

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Haston is more common than 89.5% of them.

Origin

English origin

Habitational surname from a minor place in Shropshire, from Old English hēafod (“head”) + stān (“stone”), or possibly a variant of Hairston.

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

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,663 people named Haston in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 185,656 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,452.

#17,072

rank among US surnames

1,663

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+14.5%

change since 2000 (was #17,781)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,063	Lasko	1,664	185,544
#17,072	Flinchum	1,663	185,656
#17,080	Wile	1,662	185,767

Who is named Haston

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

77% of people named Haston identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 77%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
Two or more races 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hastons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kirk Haston
American basketball player and politician, born 1979

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Haston

Haston has the Soundex code H235, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H235.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Haston come from?: Habitational surname from a minor place in Shropshire, from Old English hēafod (“head”) + stān (“stone”), or possibly a variant of Hairston.
How common is the surname Haston?: 1,663 people in the United States had the surname Haston in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 185,656 Americans. It ranked 17,072nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Haston?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Haston identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Haston?: Kirk Haston, American basketball player and politician.
Where is the surname Haston most common?: Wikidata records people named Haston in the United States.
What type of surname is Haston?: Haston is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Haston getting more or less common?: More common. 1,452 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,663 in 2010, up 15%.