# Hogg (surname)

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

A surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,119 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,945 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 43,369 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.5% (7,299 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English hogg (“hog”), a metonymic occupational surname for a swineherd.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hogg 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) | 82% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hogg in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Hogg

- Helen Sawyer Hogg, astronomer (1905-1993)
- Ima Hogg, American philanthropist and arts patron (1882–1975)
- David Hogg, American politician and activist (born 2000)
- James Stephen Hogg, 20th governor of Texas (1891-1895)
- Edward Hogg, British actor
- George Hogg, British adventurer
- John Hogg, British biologist (1800-1869)

## Similar surnames

Hogue, Hoag, Hegg, Hough, Hoge, Hogge, Hayes, Hicks, Hess, House, Haas, Hays.

## 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.