The Haun surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,261 people carried this name — #6,452 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 56,200 people counted. That is up 3% from 5,094 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

86 families named Haun, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 493 people lived in those households, 5.7 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 10 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 39
Maryland 21
North Carolina 9
Virginia 6
New York 5
Connecticut 2
South Carolina 2
New Hampshire 1
Massachusetts 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 244 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Haun in American newspapers,
1895.

Newspaper page from The Republican carrying the name Haun
The Republican 1895-09-12
Newspaper page from The Republican carrying the name Haun
The Republican 1895-08-22
Newspaper page from The Republican carrying the name Haun
The Republican 1895-08-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 25,802 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Haun in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

593 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Haun. The most, 100, date from the 1880s. 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 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 220
Victoria 123
South Australia 113
Queensland 82
Western Australia 38
Tasmania 15
ACT (Canberra) 2

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

Who carried it

People named Haun,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Henry P. Haun
    Henry P. Haun 1815–1860 · judge
  • Johannes Haun
    Johannes Haun 1871–1914
  • Herbert Haun d. 2014 · architect
  • James Haun 1811–1890
  • August Carl Haun 1815–1894 · engraver
  • Christopher Haun 1821–1861 · ceramicist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Haun,
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 States453 records

453 records of the Haun name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 187
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 75
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 65
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 64
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 32
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 28
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Elmer M. Haun

    Born 1909 in Kansas. Enlisted 1945 at Fort Lewis, Washington; pattern maker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Rest Haven Memorial Park, Eugene, Oregon.

    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 Adam Haun

    Arrived at New York in 1865 aboard the Magdalene from Rotterdam, aged 40; farmer. From Bavaria, Germany; bound for Ohio.

    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 Raymond Haun

    Born 1931; from Vermilion County, Illinois. U.S. Army, heavy weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 in North Korea.

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

Showing 3 of 453 records for Haun in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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: 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).

Germany218 records

218 records of the Haun name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 217
  • 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 Erich Haun

    From Beuthen. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 23 August 1916; then reported dead in the list of 1 August 1918 (Infantry Regiment No. 157).

    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 Anton Haun

    Left Wargolshausen as an emigrant in 1914.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Staatsarchiv Würzburg (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Martin Haun

    From Zeitz. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 3 May 1916 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 264).

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

Showing 3 of 218 records for Haun 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).

Netherlands83 records

83 records of the Haun name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 50
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 33
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Maria Josina Gerdina Haun

    Married in 1908 in Amsterdam. Died 1963 in Hoogezand-Sappemeer, aged 84.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Georg Henrich Haun

    Born 1832 in Tilburg. Died 1832 in Tilburg.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Bernardus Aloijsius Haun

    Born 1909 in Kampen. Died 1909 in Kampen.

    Open Archives, Collectie Overijssel locatie Zwolle (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 83 records for Haun 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).

Canada16 records

16 records of the Haun name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 7
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 4
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 3
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Glen R. Haun

    Buried in 1941 at Union Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Elizabeth Haun

    Died 1912 in Pleasantville, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

    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 Frank Haun

    Died in service in 1918.

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

Showing 3 of 16 records for Haun in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. 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).

Australia9 records

9 records of the Haun name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 4
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 4
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record James Haun

    Arrived in Tasmania in 1842 aboard the Arab from London.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Martin Haun

    Naturalised in Queensland in 1880.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Martin Haun

    Will registered in Queensland in 1857.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Haun in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

France1 record

1 record of the Haun 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 Joachim Siegfried Haun

    Born 1916 in Germany; died 1994 in Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

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).

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