Explore the Family Name Hackbarth

The meaning of Hackbarth

German: from the ancient Germanic personal name Hagabert, composed of the elements hag ‘hedge, enclosure’ + berht ‘bright, famous’. Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Horst, Erwin, Siegfried.

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How common is the last name Hackbarth in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Hackbarth experienced a slight decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 12,145 in terms of commonality, but by 2010, it had dropped to 12,894, representing a decrease of 6.17%. Despite this fall in rank, the actual number of people bearing the surname slightly increased from 2,355 to 2,385, a growth of 1.27%. However, its proportion per 100,000 people decreased by 6.9% during the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#12,145	#12,894	-6.17%
Count	2,355	2,385	1.27%
Proportion per 100k	0.87	0.81	-6.9%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Hackbarth

In terms of ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that the majority of individuals with the Hackbarth surname identify as White, although there was a negligible decrease of 0.91% in this group between 2000 and 2010. The data also indicates a significant increase of 116.13% in those identifying as belonging to two or more races during this period. Meanwhile, individuals identifying as Hispanic saw an increase of 31.18%, even as the percentage of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander fell by 13.73%. There were no individuals who identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in 2010, with these categories showing a decrease from their respective 2000 figures.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.6%	95.72%	-0.91%
Two or More Races	0.93%	2.01%	116.13%
Hispanic	0.93%	1.22%	31.18%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.02%	0.88%	-13.73%
Black	0.21%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.3%	0%	0%