de Haas Surname

44,378th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,701 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Haas Surname User-submission:

(Dutch) This surname means 'the hare'. A nickname as 'the hare' would indicate someone who represented one, rather than one who hunted for them (otherwise that would just be haas, but that's also German as well). With de at the beginning it seems more like a nickname, hare's are most known for being very swift at running so this surname would've been given to a very fast runner.

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de Haas Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands9,6811:1,744105
South Africa5941:91,20811,167
Australia2991:90,28710,366
Germany1721:468,05540,982
United States1511:2,400,390147,856
Canada1151:320,39629,368
Israel971:88,22310,433
England761:733,13240,828
Belgium731:157,48821,805
France721:922,538106,020
Denmark521:108,55210,139
New Zealand501:90,56612,574
Switzerland371:221,97118,930
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Spain271:1,731,55749,506
Suriname261:21,2544,689
Brazil211:10,194,016213,214
Sweden181:547,04239,827
New Caledonia161:17,2644,719
Thailand151:4,709,223352,754
Austria71:1,216,49180,919
Norway71:734,61250,907
Mexico61:20,687,70153,861
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
China41:341,830,39216,990
Curaçao41:39,312638
Ecuador41:3,976,46228,589
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Namibia31:803,13415,170
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Macau11:601,6301,582
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England271:902,79138,028
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States511:984,68058,342

de Haas Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

(Dutch) This surname means 'the hare'. A nickname as 'the hare' would indicate someone who represented one, rather than one who hunted for them (otherwise that would just be haas, but that's also German as well). With de at the beginning it seems more like a nickname, hare's are most known for being very swift at running so this surname would've been given to a very fast runner.

- deleted-173293

De Haas is a Dutch surname and it literally translates into 'the Hare'. It's a common surname in the Netherlands and it was most likely given to those who frequently hunted for hares and bunnies for their skin.

- nielsdehaas
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de Haas Demographics

Average de Haas Salary in
United States

$90,578 USD

Per year
Rank:
33,063 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
3.3986E-5
Rank: 177,558 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
209.91%
Sample size: 32 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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de Haas Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Haas Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name de Haas occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name de Haas? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 44,378th most widespread last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 622,814 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 87 percent of de Haas live; 86 percent live in Western Europe and 85 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 9,681 people, or 1 in 1,744. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: South Holland, where 28 percent reside, North Holland, where 19 percent reside and North Brabant, where 17 percent reside. Outside of The Netherlands de Haas occurs in 54 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 5 percent reside and Australia, where 3 percent reside.

de Haas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of de Haas has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the de Haas last name increased 296 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 281 percent between 1881 and 2014.

de Haas Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Haas earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 64.89% more than the national average, earning R 391,836 per year; in United States they earn 109.92% more than the national average, earning $90,578 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.73% more than the national average, earning $58,987 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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de Has923/
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de Haasse8813/
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de Haut7176/
de Gais7174/
de Haij7155/
de Gaay7127/
de Asse7116/
de Hous7113/
de Chausse714/
de Chau712/
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de Gaaij6748/
da As6740/
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Da-As6721/
de Ga6715/
de Ap6711/
de Aaich678/
de Au675/
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de Ho674/
di As673/
de Ea673/
de Ja673/
da Ha672/
De-As672/
de Aj672/
da Chgas672/
de Ac672/
de Os672/
de Hosse672/
de Az672/
de Jeaus671/
de Chach671/
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de Ai671/
de Heath671/
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