How common is the surname Hazard?

4,054 people in the United States had the surname Hazard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,158 Americans. It ranked 8,176th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hazard?

Eden Hazard, Belgian footballer (born 1991), followed by Thorgan Hazard.

Where is the surname Hazard most common?

Wikidata records people named Hazard in Belgium and the United States.

Is the surname Hazard getting more or less common?

More common. 3,937 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,054 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname Hazard

A surname, carried by 4,054 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). Hazard is more common than 95% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,054 people named Hazard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,158 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,937.

#8,176

rank among US surnames

4,054

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #7,782)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,172	Wald	4,057	76,102
#8,173	Crafton	4,056	76,121
#8,174	Lark	4,055	76,139
#8,176	Hazard	4,054	76,158
#8,178	Stella	4,053	76,177
#8,184	Kaczmarek	4,052	76,196

Who is named Hazard

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

76% of people named Hazard identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 76%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Two or more races 4.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hazards

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Eden Hazard
Belgian footballer (born 1991)
Thorgan Hazard
Belgian association football player (born 1993)
Kylian Hazard
Belgian association football player (born 1995)
Caroline Hazard
American educator, 1856–1945
Ebenezer Hazard
American postmaster (1744-1817)

Notable Hazards come mostly from Belgium (3) and the United States (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hazard

Hazard 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 Hazard?: 4,054 people in the United States had the surname Hazard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,158 Americans. It ranked 8,176th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hazard?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Hazard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hazard?: Eden Hazard, Belgian footballer (born 1991), followed by Thorgan Hazard.
Where is the surname Hazard most common?: Wikidata records people named Hazard in Belgium and the United States.
Is the surname Hazard getting more or less common?: More common. 3,937 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,054 in 2010, up 3.0%.