How common is the surname Haugen?

9,461 people in the United States had the surname Haugen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,633 Americans. It ranked 3,745th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Haugen?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Haugen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Haugen?

Frances Haugen, American data engineer, scientist, and whistleblower, followed by Einar Haugen.

Where is the surname Haugen most common?

Wikidata records people named Haugen in the United States and Norway.

Is the surname Haugen getting more or less common?

More common. 9,146 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,461 in 2010, up 3.4%.

The surname Haugen

A Norwegian surname, carried by 9,461 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Haugen is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

Norwegian origin

Borrowed from Norwegian Haugen.

One of 31 Norwegian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,461 people named Haugen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,633 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,146.

#3,745

rank among US surnames

9,461

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #3,565)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,736	Kunkel	9,488	32,541
#3,737	Guest	9,483	32,558
#3,738	Vaught	9,476	32,582
#3,739	Close	9,474	32,589
#3,740	Feeney	9,473	32,592
#3,741	Smyth	9,470	32,602
#3,742	Sibley	9,467	32,613

Who is named Haugen

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

94% of people named Haugen identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Haugens

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Frances Haugen
American data engineer, scientist, and whistleblower, born 1980
Einar Haugen
American linguist (1906-1994)
Tone Haugen
Association football player, born 1964

Notable Haugens come mostly from the United States (2) and Norway (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Haugen

Haugen has the Soundex code H250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H250.

Other Norwegian surnames

All 31 Norwegian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Haugen come from?: Borrowed from Norwegian Haugen.
How common is the surname Haugen?: 9,461 people in the United States had the surname Haugen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,633 Americans. It ranked 3,745th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Haugen?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Haugen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Haugen?: Frances Haugen, American data engineer, scientist, and whistleblower, followed by Einar Haugen.
Where is the surname Haugen most common?: Wikidata records people named Haugen in the United States and Norway.
Is the surname Haugen getting more or less common?: More common. 9,146 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,461 in 2010, up 3.4%.