# Haupt (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/haupt/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,327 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,389 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 57,959 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.0% (5,224 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /haʊpt/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

German and Jewish surname, from the noun Haupt (“head”). Compare Houpt.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Haupt in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Haupt in Austria.

## People named Haupt

- Herbert Haupt, Austrian politician

## Similar surnames

Houpt, Hoeft, Hopwood, Heft, Hefty, Hobdy.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.