# Hazzard (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hazzard/  
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) | 3,965 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,348 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 77,868 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.8% (3,747 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hazzard 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) | 70% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 23% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 3.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hazzard in the United States.

## People named Hazzard

- Walt Hazzard, American basketball player (1942-2011)
- Shirley Hazzard, Australian-American author
- Johnny Hazzard, American pornographic film actor
- Linda Hazzard, American quack, fraud, swindler and serial killer (1867-1938)
- David Hazzard, American politician (1781-1864)

## Similar surnames

Hazard, Haggard, Haggerty, Hagerty, Hackworth, Hegarty, Hoggard, Higareda, Heckert, Huggard, 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.