How common is the surname Haggard?

8,384 people in the United States had the surname Haggard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,826 Americans. It ranked 4,230th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Haggard?

Merle Haggard, American country music songwriter, singer, and musician (1937–2016), followed by Ted Haggard.

Where is the surname Haggard most common?

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

Is the surname Haggard getting more or less common?

More common. 8,300 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,384 in 2010, up 1.0%.

The surname Haggard

A surname, carried by 8,384 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H263

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Haggard is more common than 97.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,384 people named Haggard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,826 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,300.

#4,230

rank among US surnames

8,384

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

+1%

change since 2000 (was #3,931)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,222	Leighton	8,399	36,760
#4,224	Rausch	8,398	36,764
#4,225	Dion	8,395	36,777
#4,226	Cade	8,391	36,795
#4,227	Aguiar	8,390	36,799
#4,228	Cave	8,389	36,804
#4,229	Dagostino	8,388	36,808

Who is named Haggard

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

88% of people named Haggard identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Haggards

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Merle Haggard
American country music songwriter, singer, and musician (1937–2016)
Ted Haggard
American minister, born 1956
Daisy Haggard
British actress, born 1978

Notable Haggards come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Haggart

Surnames that sound like Haggard

Haggard has the Soundex code H263, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H263.

Questions

How common is the surname Haggard?: 8,384 people in the United States had the surname Haggard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,826 Americans. It ranked 4,230th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Haggard?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Haggard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Haggard?: Merle Haggard, American country music songwriter, singer, and musician (1937–2016), followed by Ted Haggard.
Where is the surname Haggard most common?: Wikidata records people named Haggard in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Haggard getting more or less common?: More common. 8,300 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,384 in 2010, up 1.0%.
What are other spellings of Haggard?: Haggart.