Explore the Family Name Haddon

The meaning of Haddon

1. English: habitational name from any of various places, in Derbyshire, Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, and Devon, named with Old English hǣth ‘heathland, heather’ + dūn ‘hill’, or from Haddon in Cambridgeshire, which is probably named from the Old English personal name Headda + dūn. 2. Scottish: variant of Hadden.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Haddon has seen a slight decrease in its popularity ranking from 2000 to 2010, moving from rank 15,771 to 16,247, a change of -3.02%. However, the total count of individuals with the Haddon surname increased by 4.65% during this period, from 1,698 people in 2000 to 1,777 people in 2010. The proportion of people bearing the Haddon name per 100,000 in the population decreased slightly by -4.76%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#15,771	#16,247	-3.02%
Count	1,698	1,777	4.65%
Proportion per 100k	0.63	0.6	-4.76%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Haddon

The ethnic identity associated with the Haddon surname also saw changes between 2000 and 2010 according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. While the majority of individuals with this surname identify as White (86.61% in 2010), there was a small decrease of -1.10% in this demographic from 2000. There was an increase in those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander (up by 11.27%), Hispanic (up by 50.30%), and those identifying with two or more races (up by 44.26%). Meanwhile, the proportion identifying as Black decreased slightly by -1.85%, and those identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native decreased significantly by -36.16%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	87.57%	86.61%	-1.1%
Black	6.48%	6.36%	-1.85%
Two or More Races	1.83%	2.64%	44.26%
Hispanic	1.65%	2.48%	50.3%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	1.77%	1.13%	-36.16%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.71%	0.79%	11.27%