# Hawker (surname)

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

A surname originating as an occupation.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,089 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,328 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 147,796 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.9% (2,050 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hawker 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hawker in Australia.

## People named Hawker

- Harry Hawker, Australian aviation pioneer (1889–1921)

## Similar surnames

Hacker, Hager, Hauser, Hauger, Houser, Hooker, Heiser, Huizar, Hecker, Higuera, Hocker, Hagar.

## 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.