The Haag surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,957 people carried this name — #3,576 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 29,600 people counted. That is up 3% from 9,645 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,496 people named Haag 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,200 people named Haag live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 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 940 people named Haag.
82 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 44 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 20 people named Haag 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 Liège.
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
1,162 people named Haag are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. 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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Haag in American newspapers,
1892–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Haag,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann van Haag d. 1905 · bookseller
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Aleida Haag d. 1912 · fashion designer
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Sigmund von Fraunberg 1445–1521 · judge
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Francis of Haag 1500–1466 · mercenary
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Leonhard Haag 1589–1635 · painter
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Georg Marcell Haack 1652–1719 · artist
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Haag.
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