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    The surname Hau

    A surname, carried by 3,592 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H000

    Hau: #9,093 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hau #9,093, 3,592 people Hau: #9,093 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hau #9,093, 3,592 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hau is more common than 94.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,592 people named Hau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 85,954 Americans. That is up 46% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,461.

    #9,093
    rank among US surnames
    3,592
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +46%
    change since 2000 (was #11,680)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,088Whitesell3,59685,858
    #9,090Nice3,59585,882
    #9,092Dart3,59485,906
    #9,093Rael3,59285,954
    #9,097Sale3,59185,978

    Who is named Hau

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

    49% of people named Hau identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 49%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 31%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.2%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Haus

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Eduard Hau
      Baltic German painter and graphic artist (1807-1888)
    • Woldemar Hau
      Baltic German painter (1816-1895)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Hau

    Hau has the Soundex code H000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H000.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hau?
    3,592 people in the United States had the surname Hau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,954 Americans. It ranked 9,093rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hau?
    In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Hau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Hau?
    Eduard Hau, Baltic German painter and graphic artist (1807-1888), followed by Woldemar Hau.
    Where is the surname Hau most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hau in the Russian Empire.
    Is the surname Hau getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,461 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,592 in 2010, up 46%.