The Hazlett surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,122 people carried this name — #6,611 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,500 people counted. That is up 2% from 5,040 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Hazlett surname

As an English and Welsh surname

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

His entry covers Hazlett, Haslet and Haslett.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 369 · public domain.

In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890

Ireland registered 19 births for the Hazlett name in 1890.

Most were registered in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 800 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. The count includes the spelling Haslett.

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

Where they were born, 1890

Ulster 15
Connacht 2
Leinster 2

Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.

In print

Hazlett in American newspapers,
1907–1908.

Newspaper page from Montana News carrying the name Hazlett
Montana News 1907-10-31
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Hazlett
Evening Star 1908-03-15
Newspaper page from Montana News carrying the name Hazlett
Montana News 1907-11-28

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Hazlett in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1980s.

4,609 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hazlett. The most, 885, date from the 1930s. 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 the Australian Capital Territory, at 3.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 1,717
Victoria 1,316
Western Australia 713
Queensland 350
ACT (Canberra) 229
South Australia 174
Tasmania 97
Northern Territory 2

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

Who carried it

People named Hazlett,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Charles E. Hazlett
    Charles E. Hazlett 1838–1863
  • James M. Hazlett
    James M. Hazlett 1864–1941 · politician
  • Ida Crouch-Hazlett
    Ida Crouch-Hazlett 1870–1941 · politician
  • Hazlett
    Hazlett 1880–2000 · badminton player
  • James Hazlett 1827–1913 · businessperson
  • Helen Hazlett 1846–1904

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 Hazlett,
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 States464 records

464 records of the Hazlett name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 197
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 90
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 77
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 51
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 23
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 21
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Edward R. Hazlett

    Born 1919. Enlisted 1943 at Greensburg, Pennsylvania; foundry worker from Westmoreland County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Bath National Cemetery, New York.

    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 Margaret Hazlett

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the Britannic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 24; servant. From Londonderry, Ireland.

    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 Robert Dale Hazlett

    Born 1948; from Indianapolis, Indiana. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

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

Showing 3 of 464 records for Hazlett 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) · 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, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · 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).

Australia194 records

194 records of the Hazlett name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 127
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 33
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 18
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 14
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  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 John Hazlett

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Neva, arriving 1833; certificate of freedom 1840.

    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 Elizth Hazlett

    Arrived in Victoria in 1859 aboard the Ocean Chief, aged 24; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record William T. Hazlett

    Merchant of N Z, Victoria; died 1947.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 194 records for Hazlett in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). 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); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada51 records

51 records of the Hazlett name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 35
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 5
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 4
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 4
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 2
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Joseph Hazlett

    Came to Ontario in 1875 aboard the Peruvian, landing at Portland, bound for St. Mary's, Ontario; Irish.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Ernest Hazlett

    Died 1987, aged 65; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Joseph Hazlett

    Died 1917 in Windsor Forks, Hants, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 51 records for Hazlett in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

New Zealand6 records

6 records of the Hazlett name in New Zealand
  • Christchurch City cemetery records 5
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record James Michael Hazlett

    Died 1992, aged 56; buried at Belfast Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record J. Hazlett

    New Zealand Field Artillery. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Mary Hazlett

    Died 1994, aged 74; buried at Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Hazlett in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

United Kingdom2 records

2 records of the Hazlett name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. J. Hazlett

    Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record D. Hazlett

    Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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