How common is the surname Hazzard?

3,965 people in the United States had the surname Hazzard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,868 Americans. It ranked 8,348th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hazzard?

Walt Hazzard, American basketball player (1942-2011), followed by Shirley Hazzard.

Where is the surname Hazzard most common?

Wikidata records people named Hazzard in the United States.

Is the surname Hazzard getting more or less common?

More common. 3,747 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,965 in 2010, up 5.8%.

The surname Hazzard

A surname, carried by 3,965 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). Hazzard is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,965 people named Hazzard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 77,868 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,747.

#8,348

rank among US surnames

3,965

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+5.8%

change since 2000 (was #8,147)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,341	Eskridge	3,969	77,789
#8,342	Wadley	3,968	77,809
#8,345	Graybill	3,967	77,828
#8,348	Jessop	3,965	77,868
#8,350	Despain	3,964	77,887
#8,353	Ambrosio	3,963	77,907

Who is named Hazzard

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

70% of people named Hazzard identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 70%
Black (not Hispanic) 23%
Two or more races 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hazzards

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Walt Hazzard
American basketball player (1942-2011)
Shirley Hazzard
Australian-American author, 1931–2016
Johnny Hazzard
American pornographic film actor, born 1977
Linda Hazzard
American quack, fraud, swindler and serial killer (1867-1938)
David Hazzard
American politician (1781-1864)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hazzard

Hazzard 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 Hazzard?: 3,965 people in the United States had the surname Hazzard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,868 Americans. It ranked 8,348th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hazzard?: In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Hazzard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hazzard?: Walt Hazzard, American basketball player (1942-2011), followed by Shirley Hazzard.
Where is the surname Hazzard most common?: Wikidata records people named Hazzard in the United States.
Is the surname Hazzard getting more or less common?: More common. 3,747 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,965 in 2010, up 5.8%.