The Haven surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,614 people carried this name — #9,043 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 81,300 people counted. That is up 4% from 3,463 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Haven surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘at the haven’.

An early record he cites: William atte Havene, Essex, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 366 · public domain.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 75 people named Haven live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Limburg.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Limburg 45
Flemish Brabant 24
East Flanders 6

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 41 people named Haven.

2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 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

Born outside France 2
Moselle 25
Meurthe-et-Moselle 4
Paris 4
Tarn-et-Garonne 3
Indre-et-Loire 1
Loir-et-Cher 1
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

24 people named Haven is counted in Finland.

Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Finland (2026) 24

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

In print

Haven in American newspapers,
1876–1887.

Newspaper page from Independent Statesman carrying the name Haven
Independent Statesman 1876-07-27
Newspaper page from Clarksville Weekly Chronicle carrying the name Haven
Clarksville Weekly Chronicle 1887-03-12
Newspaper page from Fulton Journal carrying the name Haven
Fulton Journal 1877-04-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,113 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Haven in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1980s.

7,161 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Haven. The most, 1,274, date from the 1890s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 2,669
Victoria 1,663
Queensland 983
South Australia 925
Western Australia 421
Tasmania 400
ACT (Canberra) 41
Northern Territory 5

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

Who carried it

People named Haven,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Nathaniel Appleton Haven
    Nathaniel Appleton Haven 1762–1831 · politician
  • Ann Woodward Haven
    Ann Woodward Haven 1771–1849
  • Sophia Henderson Haven
    Sophia Henderson Haven 1785–1879
  • Franklin Haven
    Franklin Haven 1804–1893 · businessperson
  • Samuel Haven
    Samuel Haven 1806–1881 · writer
  • Jens Haven 1724–1796 · carpenter

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Haven,
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 States491 records

491 records of the Haven name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 130
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 115
  • Other U.S. records 246
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Charles H. Haven

    Born 1898 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; crane operator. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1983, buried at Chattanooga National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    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 John Haven

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Germanic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 18; farmer. From Queenstown, Ireland; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Charles Lewis Haven

    U.S. Air Force veteran. Born 1933, died 2000; buried at Tonasket Cemetery, Washington.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 491 records for Haven in the United States.

Counts: 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, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · 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, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Netherlands1,788 records

1,788 records of the Haven name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1,100
  • Dutch population registers 663
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 25
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Anne Haven

    Married in 1823 in Utingeradeel; farmhand, born 1801 in Oudehaske. Died 1878 in Akkrum, aged 77.

    Open Archives, AlleFriezen (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Jantien Iles Haven

    Married in 1845 in Smilde; labourer. Died 1869 in Beilen, aged 63.

    Open Archives, Drents Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Berend Haven

    Born 1905 in Idskenhuizen. Died 1957 in Eindhoven.

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

Showing 3 of 1,788 records for Haven 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).

France22 records

22 records of the Haven 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 Christophe Emile Haven

    Born 1909 in Insviller (Moselle); died 1985 in Meauzac (Tarn-et-Garonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Maria Catherine Haven

    Born 1897 in Hellimer (Moselle); died 1977 in Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Camille Haven

    Born 1910 in Loupershouse; died 1988 in Sarreguemines (Moselle).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 22 records for Haven in France.

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).

Australia21 records

21 records of the Haven name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 18
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 3
  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 Enoch Haven

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the England, arriving 1835.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Wm C. Haven

    Arrived in Victoria in 1877 aboard the Hankow, aged 17.

    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 Frank Haven

    Arrived in Victoria in 1899 aboard the Orizaba, aged 18.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 21 records for Haven in Australia.

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

Germany10 records

10 records of the Haven 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 Josef Haven

    From Essen a. Ruhr. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 13 March 1915 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 64).

    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 Wilhelm Haven

    From Cleve. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 13 December 1918 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 204).

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

    From Klein Teutchen, Forbach. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 6 November 1918.

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

Showing 3 of 10 records for Haven in Germany.

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).

Canada4 records

4 records of the Haven name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Clara J. Haven

    Died 1928; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. 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 Roger Wallace Haven

    Died in service in 1943.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Mary Ann Haven

    Married 1875 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 4 records for Haven in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Norway4 records

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

    Census of 1910: Skoglund, Søndre Undal; born 1840 in Halsaa.

    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 August Haven

    Census of 1910: Skoglund, Søndre Undal; born 1852 in Halsaa.

    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 Marie Haven

    Census of 1910: Skoglund, Søndre Undal; born 1877 in Halsaa.

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

Showing 3 of 4 records for Haven 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).

Belgium3 records

3 records of the Haven name in Belgium Belgian civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Emilius Joannes Hubertus Haven

    Died 1932 in Aalst; born 1852 in Hasselt.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Aalst (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Elvira Josephina Guillielmine Haven

    Married in 1922 in Aalst; born 1891 in Hasselt.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Aalst (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Barbara Maria Lucia Haven

    Married in 1919 in Aalst; born 1886 in Hasselt.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Aalst (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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