How common is the surname Hobgood?

2,500 people in the United States had the surname Hobgood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,498 Americans. It ranked 12,429th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Hobgood getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,537 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,500 in 2010, down 1.5%.

The surname Hobgood

A surname, carried by 2,500 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H123

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hobgood is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,500 people named Hobgood in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 123,498 Americans. That is down 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,537.

#12,429

rank among US surnames

2,500

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-1.5%

change since 2000 (was #11,388)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,421	Nicoll	2,503	123,350
#12,423	Ju	2,502	123,399
#12,426	Fellers	2,501	123,449
#12,429	Nolin	2,500	123,498
#12,432	Soza	2,499	123,548
#12,435	Wittenberg	2,498	123,597

Who is named Hobgood

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

90% of people named Hobgood identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Hobgood?: 2,500 people in the United States had the surname Hobgood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,498 Americans. It ranked 12,429th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hobgood?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Hobgood identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Hobgood getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,537 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,500 in 2010, down 1.5%.