Explore the Family Name Hattabaugh

The meaning of Hattabaugh

Americanized form of German Hattenbach.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

The popularity of the surname Hattabaugh in the United States was examined using data from the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, Hattabaugh ranked as the 36,956th most popular surname, and by 2010, it had shifted slightly to rank 37,229th, a marginal decrease of 0.74%. However, the number of individuals bearing this surname increased from 569 in 2000 to 599 in 2010, showing a growth rate of 5.27%. While the overall proportion of this surname per 100,000 people did see a small drop of 4.76% over the decade, the count indicates that the Hattabaugh family has grown in size.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#36,956	#37,229	-0.74%
Count	569	599	5.27%
Proportion per 100k	0.21	0.2	-4.76%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Hattabaugh

With regard to ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data indicates that the Hattabaugh surname is predominantly associated with those who identify as White, accounting for 96.84% in 2000 and 96.83% in 2010, a virtually unchanged percentage. There was also a small representation of those identifying as Hispanic within the Hattabaugh surname, which saw an increase from 1.76% in 2000 to 2.17% in 2010, representing a growth rate of 23.30%. The surname did not appear among those who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native, or of two or more races, both in 2000 and 2010, as the data was either suppressed or there were no individuals identifying under these categories with the Hattabaugh surname.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.84%	96.83%	-0.01%
Hispanic	1.76%	2.17%	23.3%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%