How common is the surname Hoar?

1,685 people in the United States had the surname Hoar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 183,232 Americans. It ranked 16,900th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hoar?

George Frisbie Hoar, American attorney and politician (1826–1904), followed by Ebenezer R. Hoar.

Where is the surname Hoar most common?

Wikidata records people named Hoar in the United States.

Is the surname Hoar getting more or less common?

More common. 1,678 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,685 in 2010, up 0.4%.

The surname Hoar

A surname, carried by 1,685 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hoar is more common than 89.6% of them.

Origin

* 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.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,685 people named Hoar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 183,232 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,678.

#16,900

rank among US surnames

1,685

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+0.4%

change since 2000 (was #15,910)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,894	Schild	1,686	183,123
#16,900	Hoar	1,685	183,232
#16,909	Gagner	1,684	183,341

Who is named Hoar

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

96% of people named Hoar identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as two or more races and 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hoars

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Hoare

Surnames that sound like Hoar

Hoar has the Soundex code H600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H600.

Questions

Where does the surname Hoar come from?: * 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.
How common is the surname Hoar?: 1,685 people in the United States had the surname Hoar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 183,232 Americans. It ranked 16,900th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hoar?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hoar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Hoar?: George Frisbie Hoar, American attorney and politician (1826–1904), followed by Ebenezer R. Hoar.
Where is the surname Hoar most common?: Wikidata records people named Hoar in the United States.
Is the surname Hoar getting more or less common?: More common. 1,678 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,685 in 2010, up 0.4%.
What are other spellings of Hoar?: Hoare.