The Ha surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 18,156 people carried this name — #1,987 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 16,200 people counted. That is up 40% from 12,988 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
249 people named Ha live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 181 people named Ha.
Most of them — 153 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Vienne.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
48 people named Ha have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 322 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 24 people named Ha live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Flemish Brabant.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
547 people named Ha are counted in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Ha in American newspapers,
1912–1929.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,033,461 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Ha,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hawongun Lee Jeong 1545–1597 · civilian official -
David HaLevi Segal 1586–1667 · writer -
Ha Seung-moo 1964– · poet -
Ha Tae-keung 1968– · politician -
Ha Hee-ra 1969– · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 178 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ha.
- Guzik 1,760 · U.S. census
- Guzman 167,044 · U.S. census
- Guzzo 1,883 · U.S. census
- Gwinner 415 · U.S. census
- Gwozdz 646 · U.S. census
- Gyde 148 · U.S. census
- Haab 436 · U.S. census
- Haag 9,957 · U.S. census
- Haage 331 · U.S. census
- Haan 1,940 · U.S. census
- Haar 2,096 · U.S. census
- Haas 34,918 · U.S. census
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