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Worldwide, Хакон (Håkon , Haakon , Hakon ) is quite a rare masculine first name. The first name Хакон is characteristic of Northern Europe, particularly Norway, where it is quite a common male name, Iceland, and Denmark, where it is quite a rare boy's name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Norway, the United States, and Germany. Much less frequently, Хакон is the last name as well as the forename.
Хакон is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Håkon and Kristin , the Mascots of the 1994 Winter Olympics; Håkon Werle , the theatrical character in the play "The Wild Duck" and Håkon VII of Norway , the Håkon VII of Norway as depicted in television series Atlantic Crossing.