# Hawk (surname)

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

A surname; variant forms Hauke, Hawke.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 16,884 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,149 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 18,286 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.0% (16,240 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, occupational surname for a hawker. This may have been inherited from Middle English hauek (“hawk”), from Old English hafoc. * Also as an English surname, from Middle English halke (“isolated nook”), from Old English healh (“nook”) + diminutive suffix -oc.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hawk 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) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 3.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hawk in the United States.

## People named Hawk

- Tony Hawk, American professional skateboarder and actor
- Kali Hawk, American actress
- Ronni Hawk, American actress (born 1999)
- Silentó, American rapper and singer (born 1998)

## Similar surnames

Hauck, Hack, Hake, Haack, Haak, Hauk, Hawke, Haake, Hoak, Hauke, Hak, Hawes.

## 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.