Explore the Family Name Hauff

The meaning of Hauff

1. English: variant of Hough. 2. German: topographic name from Middle High German houfe ‘heap, pile’, e.g. of stones, hay; or, in southern Germany, a nickname from the same word in the sense ‘crowd’, ‘group of soldiers’.

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

According to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Hauff ranked 24,386 in popularity in 2000 and dropped slightly to rank 25,003 in 2010. This represents a decrease of 2.53 percent. In terms of numbers, however, there was an increase from 962 people with the surname Hauff in 2000 to 994 in 2010, marking a growth of 3.33 percent. However, the proportion of people with this surname per 100,000 decreased by 5.56 percent over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#24,386	#25,003	-2.53%
Count	962	994	3.33%
Proportion per 100k	0.36	0.34	-5.56%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Hauff

Analyzing the data concerning ethnic identity from the Decennial U.S. Census, we can see that individuals with Hauff as their surname were predominantly White, making up 94.91 percent in 2000 and seeing a slight decrease to 93.66 percent in 2010. The percentage of those identifying as Hispanic saw a substantial increase of 52.29 percent during the decade, moving from 2.18 percent to 3.32 percent. People identifying with two or more races also rose significantly from 0.62 percent to 1.11 percent, a change of 79.03 percent. Conversely, the American Indian and Alaskan Native category showed a drop of 25.33 percent. There were no individuals identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.91%	93.66%	-1.32%
Hispanic	2.18%	3.32%	52.29%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	2.29%	1.71%	-25.33%
Two or More Races	0.62%	1.11%	79.03%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%