How common is the surname Hawk?

16,884 people in the United States had the surname Hawk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,286 Americans. It ranked 2,149th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hawk?

Tony Hawk, American professional skateboarder and actor, followed by Kali Hawk.

Where is the surname Hawk most common?

Wikidata records people named Hawk in the United States.

Is the surname Hawk getting more or less common?

More common. 16,240 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,884 in 2010, up 4.0%.

The surname Hawk

An English occupational surname, carried by 16,884 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hawk is more common than 98.7% of them.

Origin

English origin

* 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.

Hawk is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 16,884 people named Hawk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,286 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,240.

#2,149

rank among US surnames

16,884

people in 2010

5.7

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #2,045)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,140	Bueno	16,936	18,230
#2,141	Cottrell	16,930	18,237
#2,142	Whitlock	16,927	18,240
#2,143	Bello	16,915	18,253
#2,144	Frias	16,911	18,257
#2,145	Knutson	16,910	18,258
#2,146	Hussain	16,909	18,259

Who is named Hawk

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

86% of people named Hawk identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.0%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hawks

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tony Hawk
American professional skateboarder and actor, born 1968
Kali Hawk
American actress, born 1986
Ronni Hawk
American actress (born 1999)
Silentó
American rapper and singer (born 1998)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hawk

Hawk has the Soundex code H200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H200.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hawk come from?: * 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.
How common is the surname Hawk?: 16,884 people in the United States had the surname Hawk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,286 Americans. It ranked 2,149th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hawk?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Hawk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hawk?: Tony Hawk, American professional skateboarder and actor, followed by Kali Hawk.
Where is the surname Hawk most common?: Wikidata records people named Hawk in the United States.
What type of surname is Hawk?: Hawk is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Hawk getting more or less common?: More common. 16,240 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,884 in 2010, up 4.0%.