The Hake surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,918 people carried this name — #8,432 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 75,200 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,816 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Hake surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Hake’.

An early record he cites: Aaron fil. Hake, 1271–72 (56 Henry III) — Calendarium Genealogicum, Henry III–Edward I. Fil. is Latin for “son of”.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 348 · public domain.

In the Nordic population registers

119 people named Hake is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 119

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

Hake in American newspapers,
1909–1911.

Newspaper page from Bisbee Daily Review carrying the name Hake
Bisbee Daily Review 1911-12-24
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Tribune carrying the name Hake
The Salt Lake Tribune 1911-12-10
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Hake
New-york Tribune 1909-09-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 325,701 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hake in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1990s.

6,357 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hake. The most, 1,895, date from the 1900s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 2,820
New South Wales 1,436
South Australia 1,042
Queensland 442
Tasmania 304
Western Australia 286
ACT (Canberra) 10
Northern Territory 4

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

Who carried it

People named Hake,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Hake d. 1625 · politician
  • Thomas Hake d. 1590 · politician
  • Johann Hake d. 1714 · printer
  • Peter Hake d. 1658 · printer
  • Johannes Hake 1280–1349 · physician
  • Johann Hake 1499–1579 · beamter

Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hake,
in the records of 8 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 States431 records

431 records of the Hake name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 154
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 126
  • Other U.S. records 151
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Donald H. Hake

    Born 1916 in Missouri. Enlisted 1942 at Los Angeles, California; meat cutter. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Greenlawn Funeral Hm & Memorial Gardens, Springfield, Missouri.

    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 Ida Hake

    Arrived at New York in 1904 aboard the Patricia from Plymouth, aged 15; servant. From Krofla, Russia.

    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 David Terrance Hake

    Born 1945; from Burton, Washington. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1966 in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam.

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

Showing 3 of 431 records for Hake in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (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).

Netherlands547 records

547 records of the Hake name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 376
  • Dutch population registers 135
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 36
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Maria Elisabeth Hake

    Married in 1910 in Emmen; labourer. Died 1963 in Emmen, aged 80.

    Open Archives, Drents Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Johannes Falentius Theodorus Hake

    Born 1895 in Groningen. Married in 1921 in Groningen; labourer. Died 1963 in Groningen, aged 67; hodman.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Johannes Hake

    Born 1858 in Aardenburg. Died 1939 in Sluis, aged 80.

    Open Archives, Zeeuws Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 547 records for Hake 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).

Germany260 records

260 records of the Hake name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 259
  • German emigration and citizenship files 1
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Heinrich Hake

    Born 1892; from Steinbrück, Stolzenau. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 4 December 1918 (Field Artillery Regiment No. 67).

    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 Hans Hake

    Emigrated to the Netherlands in 1879.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list August Hake

    Born 1882; from Zuthe, Neustadt a. R. Reported taken prisoner in the Prussian casualty list of 2 December 1918 (Infantry Regiment No. 159).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 260 records for Hake 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).

Australia142 records

142 records of the Hake name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 66
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 56
  • Other Australian records 20
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Anthony Hake

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Atlas, sailing from Plymouth in 1833. Native of Wilton, Somerset. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1837.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record William John Michael Hake

    Died 1924 in Stowell Hospital, Battery Point, Tasmania. Will registered in Tasmania in 1924.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Mary Ann Hake

    Born 1852 in Hobart, Tasmania. Married 1873 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 21.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 142 records for Hake in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Canada10 records

10 records of the Hake name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 5
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 4
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record George Hake

    Buried in 1948 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Elizabeth Helen Hake

    Died 1977; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record John Hake

    Listed at Onslow, Colchester, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1794.

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

Showing 3 of 10 records for Hake in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. 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 Hake name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record John James Hake

    Died 1938, aged 76; buried at Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Eleanor Louisa Hake

    Died 1944, aged 75; buried at Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Christchurch City 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).

United Kingdom2 records

2 records of the Hake name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record L. Hake

    Machine Gun Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record A. O. Hake

    Rifle Brigade. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

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

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Finland2 records

2 records of the Hake name in Finland
  • Finland's war dead, 1914–1922 1
  • Finland's war dead, 1939–1945 1
  1. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Juha Artturi Hake

    Born 1897 in Kalvola; labourer. Died in 1918 in Tampere, one of the dead of Finland's wars of 1914–1922.

    Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Klaus Kaino Kalervo Hake

    Born 1909 in Jyväskylä; general labourer. Died in 1941 during Finland's wars of 1939–1945; buried in Jyväskylä.

    Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Kansallisarkisto, via Sotasurmasampo (CC BY 4.0) · Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (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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