Last Name HOGGARD

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The hog-herd, a swineherd.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 9,656 (2000 US census) 6,644 (1990 US census)
Count 3,088 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 75.42%, or 2329 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 20.47%, or 632 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.4%, or 74 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.3%, or 40 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Scottish surnames

Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...

Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...

Shortest last names

The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...


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