The Haider surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,107 people carried this name — #8,070 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,900 people counted. That is up 37% from 2,999 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Haider surname

Borrowed from Arabic حَيْدَر (ḥaydar) or Persian حَیْدَر (haydar).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Haider» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

164 people named Haider live in Switzerland.

They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 55
Bern 21
Vaud 19
Geneva 13
Zug 10
Lucerne 10
St. Gallen 10
Ticino 6

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 Belgium’s population register

At least 71 people named Haider 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 Antwerp.

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

Where they live today

Antwerp 27
West Flanders 22
Brussels-Capital 10
East Flanders 7
Hainaut 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Poland’s population register

52 people named Haider have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 146 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.

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

Where they live today

Silesian 18
Opole 14
Masovian 8
Podlaskie 6
Lublin 2
Łódź 2
Lesser Poland 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 28 people named Haider.

Most of them — 23 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 3 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 23
Pas-de-Calais 3
Allier 1
Hérault 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

608 people named Haider are counted in Sweden and Norway.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 369
Norway (2025) 239

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.

In print

Haider in American newspapers,
1891–1928.

Newspaper page from The Harlem News carrying the name Haider
The Harlem News 1928-11-16
Newspaper page from The Yazoo Sentinel carrying the name Haider
The Yazoo Sentinel 1891-04-02
Newspaper page from Washington Journal carrying the name Haider
Washington Journal 1923-07-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,743 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Haider in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1990s.

759 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Haider. The most, 133, date from the 1900s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in South Australia, at 1.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 187
South Australia 184
Victoria 170
Queensland 119
Western Australia 42
Tasmania 28
ACT (Canberra) 27
Northern Territory 2

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

Who carried it

People named Haider,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Karl Haider
    Karl Haider 1846–1912 · artist
  • Max Haider 1807–1873 · artist
  • Franz Haider 1860–1947 · artist
  • Ibrahim Haidar 1867–1974 · politician
  • Franz Haider 1877–1951 · politician
  • Hubert Haider 1879–1971 · painter

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 Haider,
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 States131 records

131 records of the Haider name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 37
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 37
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 19
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 18
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 13
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
  • Ramsey County (Minnesota) Memorial Hall, war dead 2
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record James Michael Haider

    Born 1946; from St Paul, Minnesota. U.S. Army, field artillery basic; killed in action 1967 in Pleiku, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record George F. Haider

    Born 1910 in North Dakota. Enlisted 1943 at Denver, Colorado; farm hand from Denver County, Colorado. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colorado.

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

    Arrived at New York in 1879 aboard the Main from Bremen, aged 17; farmer. From Austria.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 131 records for Haider in the United States.

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

Germany189 records

189 records of the Haider name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 159
  • German applications to settle and marry 27
  • German emigration and citizenship files 3
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Johann Haider

    From Rathmannsdorf, Niederb. Reported taken prisoner in the Bavarian casualty list of 7 February 1917.

    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 Georg Haider

    Left Burgkirchen a. d. Alz for Lg Wildshut, Oberösterreich, Kreil in 1824; farmer.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Staatsarchiv Landshut (CC0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Karl Haider

    Named in an application to settle and marry at Ransbach in 1862; smallholder.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Staatsarchiv Amberg (CC0)

Showing 3 of 189 records for Haider 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); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Netherlands44 records

44 records of the Haider name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 31
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 13
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Maria Petronella Geertruida Haider

    Born 1877 in Helmond. Married in 1900 in Eibergen. Died 1950 in Nijmegen, aged 73.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Friedrich Haider

    Died 1882 in Helmond.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Johann Haider

    In the population register of Krems, Austria; born 1866 in Krems, Austria.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 44 records for Haider 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Canada4 records

4 records of the Haider name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Leslie Frank Haider

    Died in service in 1918.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Harry Haider

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record L. F. Haider

    Corporal, Central Ontario Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Haider in Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

France4 records

4 records of the Haider 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 Jens Oliver Haider

    Born 1969 in Germany; died 1993 in Saint-Bresson (Gard).

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

    Born 1947 in Méricourt; died 1991 in Fouquières-lès-Lens (Pas-de-Calais).

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

    Born 1957 in Pakistan; died 2001 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Haider 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).

Australia2 records

2 records of the Haider name in Australia
  • Canberra cemetery and marriage records 1
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Ashraf Haider

    Of Mount Waverley, Victoria; died 1989.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Mohammad Raza Haider

    Died 1977; buried at Woden Cemetery, Canberra, ACT.

    ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Finland1 record

1 record of the Haider name in Finland Finland's war dead, 1914–1922
  1. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Kennt Haider

    Died in 1917 in Tornio, one of the dead of Finland's wars of 1914–1922.

    Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

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