Explore the Family Name Hazelbaker

The meaning of Hazelbaker

Americanized form of German Hesselbacher, a habitational name for someone from any of various places called Hesselbach, or of Haselbacher, a habitational name of any of nine places called Haselbach.

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

The surname Hazelbaker, based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, saw a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Hazelbaker ranked 25,242 in popularity compared to other surnames, but by 2010 it had slipped to rank 26,042. Despite this drop in ranking, the actual count of people with the surname increased by 2.17 percent, from 921 in 2000 to 941 in 2010. However, the proportion of individuals bearing the Hazelbaker name per 100,000 people dropped by 5.88 percent over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#25,242	#26,042	-3.17%
Count	921	941	2.17%
Proportion per 100k	0.34	0.32	-5.88%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Hazelbaker

Ethnically, according to the Decennial U.S. Census, the majority of individuals with the Hazelbaker surname identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, with 96.20 percent and 96.28 percent respectively. The percentage of those identifying as having two or more races slightly increased from 1.41 percent in 2000 to 1.49 percent in 2010. The Hispanic representation amongst Hazelbakers decreased by 28.57 percent, from 1.19 percent in 2000 to 0.85 percent in 2010. While there were no recorded individuals of Asian/Pacific Islander or Black ethnicity, a small portion did identify as American Indian and Alaskan Native, though their representation decreased marginally from 0.54 percent in 2000 to 0.53 percent in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.2%	96.28%	0.08%
Two or More Races	1.41%	1.49%	5.67%
Hispanic	1.19%	0.85%	-28.57%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.54%	0.53%	-1.85%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%