# Haggard (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/haggard/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,384 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,230 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 36,826 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.0% (8,300 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Haggart |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Haggard in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Haggard in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Haggard

- Merle Haggard, American country music songwriter, singer, and musician (1937–2016)
- Ted Haggard, American minister
- Daisy Haggard, British actress

## Similar surnames

Hoggard, Huggard, Haggerty, Hazard, Hazzard, Hagerty, Hackworth, Hegarty, Higareda, Heckert, Hughart, Hjort.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.