# Hoar (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hoar/  
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) | 1,685 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,900 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 183,232 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.4% (1,678 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Hoare |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from the adjective hoar (“greyish white”). * Also as an English surname, from Ore in Sussex, or its source Old English ōra (“edge, brink”). Compare Middle English Hore.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hoar 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) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hoar in the United States.

## People named Hoar

- George Frisbie Hoar, American attorney and politician (1826–1904)
- Ebenezer R. Hoar, American lawyer, judge, and politician (1816-1895)
- Roger Sherman Hoar, American politician (1887–1963)

## Similar surnames

Hare, Haro, Hair, Harr, Hara, Haar, Hora, Hoare, Hoyer, Hower, Her, Herr.

## 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.