The Hazen surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,532 people carried this name — #4,710 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 39,200 people counted. That is up 3% from 7,345 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

43 families named Hazen, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 273 people lived in those households, 6.3 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 4 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

Vermont 20
Connecticut 8
New York 6
Massachusetts 5
New Hampshire 3
Pennsylvania 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

Hazen in American newspapers,
1885–1903.

Newspaper page from The Bourbon News carrying the name Hazen
The Bourbon News 1900-01-02
Newspaper page from The Warner Sun carrying the name Hazen
The Warner Sun 1885-11-20
Newspaper page from Evening Times-republican carrying the name Hazen
Evening Times-republican 1903-09-07

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 109,260 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hazen in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1960s.

1,048 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hazen. The most, 362, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 2.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 428
Victoria 227
New South Wales 166
South Australia 164
Western Australia 35
Tasmania 22
ACT (Canberra) 2

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

Who carried it

People named Hazen,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Moses Hazen
    Moses Hazen 1733–1803 · military officer
  • Chester Hazen
    Chester Hazen 1824–1900 · businessperson
  • William Babcock Hazen
    William Babcock Hazen 1830–1887 · military officer
  • Mildred Hazen Dewey
    Mildred Hazen Dewey 1847–1931
  • John Douglas Hazen
    John Douglas Hazen 1860–1937 · lawyer
  • Priscilla Hazen 1698–1782

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 Hazen,
in the records of 5 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 States689 records

689 records of the Hazen name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 258
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 152
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 113
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 103
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 32
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 21
  • Sacramento County historic burials 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  • New York State police and firefighter memorial rolls 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Tommie D. Hazen

    Born 1910 in Texas. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Sam Houston; painter from Kendall County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1973, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Ronald L. Hazen

    Born 1951; from Mishawaka, Indiana. U.S. Marine Corps, automotive mechanic; died in an accident 1970 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Bernh Hazen

    Arrived at New York in 1840 aboard the Cotton Planter from Havre, aged 21; farmer. From Prussia, Germany.

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

Showing 3 of 689 records for Hazen in the United States.

Counts: 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands1,550 records

1,550 records of the Hazen name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 857
  • Dutch population registers 666
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 27
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Maria Helena Hazen

    Married in 1865 in Maastricht; day labourer. Died 1902 in Maastricht, aged 78.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Dingeman Adrianus Hazen

    Married in 1857 in Huijbergen; born 1830 in Tholen. Died 1888 in Steenbergen.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Bernardina Cornelia Hazen

    In the population register of Vlissingen; seamstress, born 1815 in Vliss.

    Open Archives, Zeeuws Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 1,550 records for Hazen 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); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Canada23 records

23 records of the Hazen name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 15
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 4
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 3
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Francis Guys J. Hazen

    Died 1958 in Bayfield Road, Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Ruth Patricia Ann Hazen

    Died 1974; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  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 Thomas Douglas Hazen

    Died in service in 1918.

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

Showing 3 of 23 records for Hazen in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); 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).

Australia11 records

11 records of the Hazen name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 5
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 5
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Alex Hazen

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Oneco, aged 28; German.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Phyllis Merle Hazen

    Gentlewoman of Glen Iris, Victoria; died 1993.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record John Hazen

    Of Berrigan, New South Wales; died 1937.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 11 records for Hazen 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: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France4 records

4 records of the Hazen 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 Lev Hazen

    Born 1905 in Romania; died 1991 in Suresnes (Hauts-de-Seine).

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

    Born 1932 in the Netherlands; died 1998 in Blois (Loir-et-Cher).

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

    Born 1901 in Paris; died 1988 in Le Chesnay (Yvelines).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Hazen 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).

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