The Hak surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 589 people carried this name — #37,735 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is up 16% from 506 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
492 people named Hak have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 632 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 12 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 55 people named Hak.
Most of them — 31 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Nord.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
46 people named Hak 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
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 38 people named Hak 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 Córdoba.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Hak in American newspapers,
1903–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 135,349 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Hak,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mads Hak d. 1555 · composer
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Bohumil Hak 1866–1922
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Petrus Josephus Hak 1890–1957 · photographer
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Josef Hak 1896–1968 · teacher
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Josef Hak 1896–1968 · teacher
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Alois Hak 1909–
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hak.
- Hain 2,776 · U.S. census
- Haine 242 · U.S. census
- Hairabedian 166 · U.S. census
- Haise 129 · U.S. census
- Hajduk 899 · U.S. census
- Hajjar 1,160 · U.S. census
- Hakim 3,165 · U.S. census
- Hakimi 1,016 · U.S. census
- Hakobyan 786 · U.S. census
- Halbardier 122 · U.S. census
- Halbeisen 229 · U.S. census
- Halbert 4,878 · U.S. census
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