The Haack surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,832 people carried this name — #8,594 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 76,900 people counted. That is down 1% from 3,864 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Haack surname

A Low German occupational name for a small trader, or a name for someone who lived at a bend.

An occupational name, Low German for a small trader or shopkeeper (compare Hucke); a nickname from Haken (“hook”); or a name of origin from Haken, for a home on a hook-shaped piece of land or at a bend in the road.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (de.wiktionary.org, the German edition) — entry «Haack», by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · translated from German and condensed.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 88 people named Haack live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Misiones.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Misiones 60
Buenos Aires Province 28

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

38 people named Haack live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Bern 7
Schwyz 7
Zurich 7
Basel-Stadt 4
Vaud 4
Lucerne 3
Thurgau 3
Zug 3

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 25 people named Haack.

10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Moselle.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 10
Moselle 8
Isère 2
Meurthe-et-Moselle 2
Bouches-du-Rhône 1
Gironde 1
Bas-Rhin 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

73 people named Haack is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 73

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).

In print

Haack in American newspapers,
1912.

Newspaper page from The Mankato Free Press carrying the name Haack
The Mankato Free Press 1912-07-12
Newspaper page from The Mankato Free Press carrying the name Haack
The Mankato Free Press 1912-12-13
Newspaper page from The Mankato Free Press carrying the name Haack
The Mankato Free Press 1912-12-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Haack in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1980s.

1,411 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Haack. The most, 334, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 3.1 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 905
Western Australia 240
Victoria 152
New South Wales 70
South Australia 22
ACT (Canberra) 13
Tasmania 6

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Haack.

Who carried it

People named Haack,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Pieter Haack
    Pieter Haack 1600–1671
  • Petrus Haack
    Petrus Haack 1747–1824 · Christian minister
  • Heinrich Haack d. 1917 · soldier
  • Daniel Haack 1628–1702 · pastor
  • Johann Caspar Haack 1670–1722 · actor
  • Karl Friedrich Heinrich Haack 1755–1819 · composer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Haack,
in the records of 7 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States841 records

841 records of the Haack name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 469
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 149
  • Other U.S. records 223
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John T. Haack

    Born 1924 in Iowa. Enlisted 1943 at Camp Dodge Herrold; sales clerk from Tama County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Rock Island National Cemetery, Illinois.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Frieda Haack

    Arrived at New York in 1904 aboard the Blucher from Hamburg, aged 18; servant. From Garz, Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Robert E. Haack

    Born 1930; from Albany County, New York. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 841 records for Haack in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Germany1,037 records

1,037 records of the Haack name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 1,026
  • German emigration and citizenship files 11
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Gustav Haack

    Born 1893; from Thorn. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 22 April 1916 (Infantry Regiment No. 344).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Daniel Haack

    Emigrated to Poland in 1818.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv (CC0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Karl Konrad Haack

    Naturalised in 1892.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg (CC0)

Showing 3 of 1,037 records for Haack in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Netherlands687 records

687 records of the Haack name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 352
  • Dutch population registers 194
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 141
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Anna Eleonora Dorothea Haack

    Married in 1875 in 's-Gravenhage; domestic servant. Died 1927 in Voorburg, aged 82.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Daniël Matthias Haack

    Married in 1896 in 't Zandt; merchant. Died 1929 in Groningen, aged 69.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record August Friedrich Wilhelm Haack

    Married in 1919 in Rotterdam. Died 1955 in Rotterdam, aged 65.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 687 records for Haack in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia51 records

51 records of the Haack name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 32
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 12
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 7
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Wilhelmine Haack

    Arrived in Queensland in 1872 aboard the Reichstag, aged 34.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Charles Wesley Haack

    Retired solicitor of Mooroolbark, Victoria; died 1985.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Charles Haack

    Arrived in Victoria in 1900 aboard the Barbarossa, aged 30.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 51 records for Haack in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

France8 records

8 records of the Haack name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Marie Louise Marcelle Haack

    Born 1908 in Tunisia; died 2001 in Montpellier (Hérault).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jean Ernest Haack

    Born 1917 in Audun-le-Tiche (Moselle); died 1993 in Lesménils (Meurthe-et-Moselle).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Gisela Haack

    Born 1938 in Germany; died 1995 in Grenoble (Isère).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 8 records for Haack in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Canada5 records

5 records of the Haack name in Canada
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 3
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record May Winnefred Haack

    Died 1976, aged 77; buried at Transcona Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Helmut Karl Haack

    Buried in 1970 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 45.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Alfred William Haack

    Died 1974 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 80.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 5 records for Haack in Canada.

Counts: City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

New Zealand2 records

2 records of the Haack name in New Zealand
  • Christchurch City cemetery records 1
  • Marlborough District cemetery records 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Percival Alexander Begg Haack

    Died 1996, aged 77; buried at Fairhall Cemetery, Marlborough.

    Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Haack in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0) · Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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