How common is the surname Haupt?

5,327 people in the United States had the surname Haupt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,959 Americans. It ranked 6,389th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Haupt?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Haupt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Haupt?

Herbert Haupt, Austrian politician.

Where is the surname Haupt most common?

Wikidata records people named Haupt in Austria.

How do you pronounce Haupt?

Haupt is /haʊpt/, one syllable.

Is the surname Haupt getting more or less common?

More common. 5,224 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,327 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Haupt

A German surname, carried by 5,327 people in the United States.

Pronounced /haʊpt/ 1 syllable Soundex H130

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Haupt is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

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

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,327 people named Haupt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 57,959 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,224.

#6,389

rank among US surnames

5,327

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #6,057)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,381	Robey	5,333	57,893
#6,384	Spinelli	5,332	57,904
#6,388	Klaus	5,328	57,948
#6,389	Haupt	5,327	57,959
#6,391	Elwell	5,326	57,969
#6,392	Schroder	5,325	57,980
#6,393	McMillin	5,323	58,002

Who is named Haupt

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

96% of people named Haupt identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Haupts

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Herbert Haupt
Austrian politician, born 1947

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Haupt

Houpt

Haupt has the Soundex code H130, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H130.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Haupt come from?: German and Jewish surname, from the noun Haupt (“head”). Compare Houpt.
How common is the surname Haupt?: 5,327 people in the United States had the surname Haupt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,959 Americans. It ranked 6,389th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Haupt?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Haupt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Haupt?: Herbert Haupt, Austrian politician.
Where is the surname Haupt most common?: Wikidata records people named Haupt in Austria.
How do you pronounce Haupt?: Haupt is /haʊpt/, one syllable.
Is the surname Haupt getting more or less common?: More common. 5,224 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,327 in 2010, up 2.0%.