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    The surname Hogsett

    A Norwegian surname, carried by 965 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H230

    Hogsett: #25,572 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Hogsett #25,572, 965 people Hogsett: #25,572 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Hogsett #25,572, 965 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hogsett is more common than 84.2% of them.

    Origin

    Norwegian origin

    Americanized spelling of Norwegian Høgseth, from Old Norse heggsetr, from heggr (“bird cherry”) + setr (“dwelling”). The first element might instead be haugr (“hill mound”), which is found in the surname Haug.

    One of 31 Norwegian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 965 people named Hogsett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 319,944 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 943.

    #25,572
    rank among US surnames
    965
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #24,784)

    Who is named Hogsett

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

    81% of people named Hogsett identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • Two or more races 3.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Hogsed

    Surnames that sound like Hogsett

    Hogsett has the Soundex code H230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H230.

    Other Norwegian surnames

    All 31 Norwegian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hogsett come from?
    Americanized spelling of Norwegian Høgseth, from Old Norse heggsetr, from heggr (“bird cherry”) + setr (“dwelling”). The first element might instead be haugr (“hill mound”), which is found in the surname Haug.
    How common is the surname Hogsett?
    965 people in the United States had the surname Hogsett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 319,944 Americans. It ranked 25,572nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hogsett?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Hogsett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Hogsett getting more or less common?
    More common. 943 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 965 in 2010, up 2.3%.
    What are other spellings of Hogsett?
    Hogsed.