The Hoard surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,992 people carried this name — #8,299 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 74,100 people counted. That is up 4% from 3,836 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

20 families named Hoard, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 123 people lived in those households, 5.4 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: Hoard, Hord. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Virginia 9
New York 5
Massachusetts 3
Pennsylvania 1
North Carolina 1
South Carolina 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 245 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Hoard in American newspapers,
1908–1917.

Newspaper page from The St. Mary Banner carrying the name Hoard
The St. Mary Banner 1917-04-21
Newspaper page from The Southern Farm Gazette carrying the name Hoard
The Southern Farm Gazette 1908-08-08
Newspaper page from Macon Beacon carrying the name Hoard
Macon Beacon 1917-10-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Hoard in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1970s.

4,469 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hoard. The most, 997, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 2,062
Victoria 945
Queensland 938
South Australia 267
Tasmania 131
Western Australia 118
ACT (Canberra) 6

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hoard.

Who carried it

People named Hoard,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Charles B. Hoard
    Charles B. Hoard 1805–1886 · politician
  • William D. Hoard
    William D. Hoard 1836–1918 · politician
  • Samuel Hoard 1599–1658
  • Samuel Hoard 1800–1881 · politician
  • Hiram Eugene Hoard 1843–1929 · politician
  • Margaret Hoard 1880–1944 · painter

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hoard,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States279 records

279 records of the Hoard name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 156
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 89
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 15
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 10
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Carl F. Hoard

    Born 1922 in Michigan. Enlisted 1943 at Kalamazoo; stationary engineer from Gladwin County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Sacred Heart, Gladwin, Michigan.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Bridget Hoard

    Arrived at New York in 1871 aboard the Nevada from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 19; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record George Henry Hoard

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1886, died 1963; buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 279 records for Hoard in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia6 records

6 records of the Hoard name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 5
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Allen Keith Hoard

    Died 1913 in Stowport, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record W. A. Hoard

    Arrived in Victoria in 1908 aboard the Commonwealth, aged 26.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 6 records for Hoard in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Hoard name in Canada
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 1
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Harry Hoard

    Buried in 1919 at Fairview Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

    City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Thomas Hoard

    Listed at Horton Township, Kings, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1838.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Hoard.

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