How common is the surname Hogg?

7,119 people in the United States had the surname Hogg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,369 Americans. It ranked 4,945th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hogg?

Helen Sawyer Hogg, astronomer (1905-1993), followed by Ima Hogg.

Where is the surname Hogg most common?

Wikidata records people named Hogg in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada and 1 other country.

Is the surname Hogg getting more or less common?

Less common. 7,299 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,119 in 2010, down 2.5%.

The surname Hogg

An English occupational surname, carried by 7,119 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hogg is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Hogg is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,119 people named Hogg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,369 Americans. That is down 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,299.

#4,945

rank among US surnames

7,119

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

-2.5%

change since 2000 (was #4,471)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,936	Ridge	7,133	43,284
#4,938	Moll	7,131	43,296
#4,939	Roddy	7,127	43,321
#4,940	Nation	7,125	43,333
#4,941	Rigsby	7,124	43,339
#4,942	Gooding	7,123	43,345
#4,944	Vandenberg	7,121	43,357

Who is named Hogg

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

82% of people named Hogg identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hoggs

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1979
George Hogg
British adventurer, 1915–1945
John Hogg
British biologist (1800-1869)

Notable Hoggs come mostly from the United States (3), the United Kingdom (2) and Canada (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hogg

Hogg has the Soundex code H200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H200.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hogg come from?: From Old English hogg (“hog”), a metonymic occupational surname for a swineherd.
How common is the surname Hogg?: 7,119 people in the United States had the surname Hogg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,369 Americans. It ranked 4,945th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hogg?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Hogg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hogg?: Helen Sawyer Hogg, astronomer (1905-1993), followed by Ima Hogg.
Where is the surname Hogg most common?: Wikidata records people named Hogg in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada and 1 other country.
What type of surname is Hogg?: Hogg is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Hogg getting more or less common?: Less common. 7,299 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,119 in 2010, down 2.5%.