How common is the surname Hazel?

7,711 people in the United States had the surname Hazel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,040 Americans. It ranked 4,600th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hazel?

Eddie Hazel, American guitarist (1950–1992).

Where is the surname Hazel most common?

Wikidata records people named Hazel in the United States.

How do you pronounce Hazel?

Hazel is /ˈheɪzəl/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Hazel getting more or less common?

More common. 7,234 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,711 in 2010, up 6.6%.

Is Hazel also a first name?

Yes. Hazel is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Hazel

A place surname, carried by 7,711 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈheɪzəl/ 2 syllables Soundex H240 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hazel is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a hazel tree.

Hazel is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,711 people named Hazel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,040 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,234.

#4,600

rank among US surnames

7,711

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+6.6%

change since 2000 (was #4,513)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,596	Goolsby	7,721	39,988
#4,597	Batten	7,716	40,014
#4,598	Kling	7,713	40,029
#4,600	Hazel	7,711	40,040

Who is named Hazel

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

69% of people named Hazel identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 69%
Black (not Hispanic) 24%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hazels

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Eddie Hazel
American guitarist (1950–1992)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Hasell
Hazell

Surnames that sound like Hazel

Hazel has the Soundex code H240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H240.

Questions

How common is the surname Hazel?: 7,711 people in the United States had the surname Hazel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,040 Americans. It ranked 4,600th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hazel?: In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Hazel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hazel?: Eddie Hazel, American guitarist (1950–1992).
Where is the surname Hazel most common?: Wikidata records people named Hazel in the United States.
How do you pronounce Hazel?: Hazel is /ˈheɪzəl/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Hazel?: Hazel is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Hazel getting more or less common?: More common. 7,234 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,711 in 2010, up 6.6%.
What are other spellings of Hazel?: Hasell and Hazell.
Is Hazel also a first name?: Yes. Hazel is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.