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    The surname Hoag

    A surname, carried by 6,752 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H200

    Hoag: #5,173 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hoag #5,173, 6,752 people Hoag: #5,173 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hoag #5,173, 6,752 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hoag is more common than 96.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,752 people named Hoag in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,727 Americans. That is down 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,822.

    #5,173
    rank among US surnames
    6,752
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1%
    change since 2000 (was #4,749)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,164Hulse6,77645,565
    #5,165Guarino6,77545,571
    #5,166Rickman6,77445,578
    #5,167Borrego6,77245,591
    #5,168Born6,77145,598
    #5,169Vaccaro6,76645,632
    #5,170Greenwell6,76545,639

    Who is named Hoag

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

    94% of people named Hoag identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hoags

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Charlie Hoag
      Basketball player (1931-2012)
    • Arthur Hoag
      American astronomer (1921–1999)
    • Mitzi Hoag
      American TV and film actress (1932–2019)
    • Tami Hoag
      American writer, born 1959

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hoag

    Hoag has the Soundex code H200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hoag?
    6,752 people in the United States had the surname Hoag in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,727 Americans. It ranked 5,173rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hoag?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hoag identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Hoag?
    Charlie Hoag, basketball player (1931-2012), followed by Arthur Hoag.
    Where is the surname Hoag most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hoag in the United States.
    Is the surname Hoag getting more or less common?
    Less common. 6,822 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,752 in 2010, down 1.0%.