# Hoare (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hoare/  
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) | 648 |
| US rank (2010) | 34,835 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 476,459 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.1% (611 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Hoar.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hoare 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) | 84% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 7.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hoare in the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Australia and the Kingdom of Great Britain.

## People named Hoare

- Tony Hoare, British computer scientist
- Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood, British Conservative politician (1880-1959)
- Sir Richard Hoare, 2nd Baronet, Archaeologist and antiquarian (1758-1838)
- Ollie Hoare, Australian middle-distance runner
- William Hoare, British artist (1707-1792)
- Jessica Alexander, British actress

## Similar surnames

Hare, Haire, Hoar, Hora, Hoyer, Hower, Her, Herr, Haro, Harry, Hair, Harr.

## 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.