The Haugen surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,461 people carried this name — #3,745 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 31,200 people counted. That is up 3% from 9,146 in 2000.

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In the Nordic population registers

14,077 people named Haugen are counted in Norway, Sweden and Finland.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Norway (2025) 13,746
Sweden (2022) 310
Finland (2026) 21

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 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Haugen in American newspapers,
1921–1927.

Newspaper page from The Anderson News carrying the name Haugen
The Anderson News 1927-02-24
Newspaper page from The Kadoka Press And Kadoka Reporter carrying the name Haugen
The Kadoka Press And Kadoka Reporter 1921-08-12
Newspaper page from The Kadoka Press And Kadoka Reporter carrying the name Haugen
The Kadoka Press And Kadoka Reporter 1921-08-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 49,491 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Haugen in Australian newspapers,
1920s–1950s.

62 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Haugen. The most, 25, date from the 1920s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 23
Queensland 17
Victoria 11
Tasmania 3
ACT (Canberra) 2
Western Australia 2
South Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Haugen,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Nils P. Haugen
    Nils P. Haugen 1849–1931 · lawyer
  • Johan G. Haugen
    Johan G. Haugen 1849–1916 · mayor
  • Gilbert N. Haugen
    Gilbert N. Haugen 1859–1933 · politician
  • Oluf Hansen Haugen
    Oluf Hansen Haugen 1878–1961 · teacher
  • Bernt M. Haugen
    Bernt M. Haugen 1878–1958 · industrialist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Johan G. Haugen: Unknown photographer; commisioned by Bjugn municipality, CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0); Bernt M. Haugen: Eiliv, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 192 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Haugen,
in the records of 6 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 States575 records

575 records of the Haugen name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 186
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 174
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 170
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 22
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 11
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Alan Robert Haugen

    Born 1930; from Grass Valley, California. U.S. Army, infantry senior sergeant; died of wounds 1968 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam. Buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    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 Roy A. Haugen

    Born 1906 in Spitzbergen. Enlisted 1942 at Tacoma, Washington; lumberman. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Floral Hills Cemetery, Lynnwood, Washington.

    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 Charles Haugen

    Arrived at New York in 1891 aboard the Friesland from Antwerp, aged 24; laborer. From Germany; bound for Chicago.

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

Showing 3 of 575 records for Haugen in the United States.

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

Norway4,341 records

4,341 records of the Haugen name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Anna Haugen

    Census of 1910: Hosar (gaard), Skjaak; maidservant, born 1884 in Skjaak.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Egil Haugen

    Census of 1910: Skaland mellem, Berg; farm boy, born 1894 in Berg.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Asjer Haugen

    Census of 1910: Landvik; maidservant, born 1877 in Bykle.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)

Showing 3 of 4,341 records for Haugen in Norway.

Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Canada26 records

26 records of the Haugen name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 12
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 8
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 4
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Ronald Jensen Haugen

    Died 1986; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Clarence Lars Haugen

    Died 1970 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 63.

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

    Died in service in 1917.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 26 records for Haugen 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. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · 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); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Netherlands5 records

5 records of the Haugen name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 4
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Maria Helena Haugen

    Married in 1846 in Schinveld; maidservant, born 1808 in Ganglet.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Aartje Haugen

    Born 1877 in Tricht.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Archief Rivierenland (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Hendrik Haugen

    Buried in 1788 in Gilze en Rijen.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Haugen 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); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Australia4 records

4 records of the Haugen name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 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 Tor Haugen

    Merchant of Norway, Victoria; died 1969.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Louis Haugen

    Arrived in Victoria in 1884 aboard the Duke of Sutherland, aged 25.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jens M. Haugen

    Sailed from Victoria in 1907 aboard the Yorck, bound for Sydney, aged 39.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Haugen in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Germany2 records

2 records of the Haugen name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Ernst Haugen

    From Gundersheim, Worms. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 23 October 1915 (Fusilier Regiment No. 35).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Jacob Haugen

    From Ob. Hilbersheim, Oppenheim. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 2 June 1916 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 224).

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

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

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