Find out how popular the last name Haar is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Haar.

Haar, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Haar surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Haar in America

Haar is the 14286th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Haar surname appeared 2,096 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Haar.

We can also compare 2010 data for Haar to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Haar

The surname Haar is believed to have originated in Germany, where it first appeared in the late 16th century. The name is derived from the German word "Haar," which means "hair," and was likely originally a descriptive nickname given to someone with distinctive hair or a hairdo.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Haar can be found in the church records of the town of Mülheim an der Ruhr, in what is now North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The record, dated 1592, mentions a certain Johann Haar, who was born in the town.

Over the centuries, the surname Haar has been found in various parts of Germany, particularly in the regions of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. In some instances, the name was also spelled as "Hahr" or "Haher," reflecting regional variations in pronunciation and spelling.

While not a particularly common name, the Haar surname has been associated with a few notable individuals throughout history. One such figure was Johann Friedrich Haar (1726-1789), a German mathematician and astronomer who made significant contributions to the study of celestial mechanics and the calculation of orbits.

Another notable bearer of the Haar surname was Alfred Haar (1885-1933), a Hungarian mathematician who is best known for his work on the Haar wavelet, a mathematical tool used in signal processing and image compression algorithms.

In the United States, one of the earliest recorded instances of the Haar surname dates back to the late 18th century. Johann Haar (1749-1826), a German immigrant, settled in Pennsylvania and became a prominent figure in the early German-American community.

Other notable individuals with the Haar surname include Theodor Haar (1873-1952), a German architect who designed several notable buildings in Berlin, and Hans Haar (1920-1995), a German writer and journalist who specialized in travel literature.

It is worth noting that while the Haar surname has its roots in Germany, it has since spread to other parts of the world due to immigration and migration patterns. However, its origins can be traced back to the German language and the descriptive nickname given to individuals with distinctive hair or hairstyles.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Haar

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Haar.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Haar was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Haar has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Haar was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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