The Hasse surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,148 people carried this name — #14,025 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 137,000 people counted. That is up 11% from 1,935 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Hasse surname
Borrowing from German Hasse.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hasse» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
136 people named Hasse have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 184 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 129 people named Hasse.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Moselle.
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
40 people named Hasse live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Stadt.
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 26 people named Hasse 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 City of Buenos Aires.
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 the Nordic population registers
41 people named Hasse is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Hasse in American newspapers,
1862–1923.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 32,263 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Hasse,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Adolf Hasse 1699–1783 · composer -
Karl Robert Hasse d. 1953 · mayor
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Peter Hasse 1575–1640 · composer
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Peter Hasse 1585–1640 · composer
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Nicolaus Hasse 1605–1672 · composer
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Nicolaus Hasse 1605–1670 · composer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hasse.
- Haser 359 · U.S. census
- Hasler 1,884 · U.S. census
- Hasley 1,410 · U.S. census
- Hass 6,863 · U.S. census
- Hassan 21,801 · U.S. census
- Hassani 452 · U.S. census
- Hasselmann 200 · U.S. census
- Hassen 2,156 · U.S. census
- Hasser 235 · U.S. census
- Hassid 174 · U.S. census
- Hassler 4,499 · U.S. census
- Hassold 101 · U.S. census
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