# Hodder (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hodder/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English surname originating as an occupation, for the trade name hodder

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,174 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,069 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 262,986 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.9% (1,098 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

(surname): From Middle English occupational name for a maker of hoods, from Old English hod (“hood”), from Proto-Germanic *hōdaz. :(river): From Brythonic, said to mean "pleasant water," with the second element from Proto-Brythonic *duβr. The first element is uncertain, but compare Welsh hawdd (“easy, prosperous, pleasant”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hodder 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hodder in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Hodder

- Kane Hodder, American actor and stunt performer
- Ian Hodder, British archaeologist (born 1948)

## Similar surnames

Hyder, Hader, Haider, Hatter, Heater, Hutter, Heider, Heeter, Hayter, Heather, Huether.

## 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.