The Hagen surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 23,616 people carried this name — #1,518 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 12,500 people counted. That is up 2% from 23,175 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
970 people named Hagen live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 205 people named Hagen.
30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Moselle.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 165 people named Hagen 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 Poland’s population register
77 people named Hagen have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 145 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.
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 print
Hagen in American newspapers,
1886–1957.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 194,201 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Hagen,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johannes ab Indagine 1415–1475 · writer -
Steven van der Hagen 1563–1621 · politician -
Petrus van der Hagen 1641–1671 · theologian -
Theodor Hagen 1842–1919 · painter -
Sophus Hagen 1842–1929 · composer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 225 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hagen.
- Hafner 5,187 · U.S. census
- Hag 107 · U.S. census
- Hage 2,763 · U.S. census
- Hagelstein 286 · U.S. census
- Hageman 5,494 · U.S. census
- Hagemann 2,444 · U.S. census
- Hagenbach 140 · U.S. census
- Hager 21,106 · U.S. census
- Hagmann 499 · U.S. census
- Hagopian 1,975 · U.S. census
- Hague 7,093 · U.S. census
- Hahn 40,250 · U.S. census
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