The Hogg surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,119 people carried this name — #4,945 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 41,500 people counted. That is down 2% from 7,299 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Hogg surname
From Old English hogg (“hog”), a metonymic occupational surname for a swineherd.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hogg» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 18 births for the Hogg name in 1890.
They were registered in all four provinces, most of all in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 800 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. One of them was indexed under another spelling of the name. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Antrim and Londonderry.”
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
134 people named Hogg live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 52 people named Hogg.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 43 people named Hogg live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
41 people named Hogg is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Hogg in American newspapers,
1903–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 127,163 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Hogg,
with a public archive behind them.
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John Hogg d. 1417 · politician
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Alexander Hogg d. 1824 · engraver
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Alexander Hogg d. 1824 · engraver
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Lucy Peel d. 1924
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Arthur Melvill Hogg d. 1901
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Mary Hancock d. 1828
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hogg.
- Hoffstetter 310 · U.S. census
- Hofman 1,911 · U.S. census
- Hofmann 9,192 · U.S. census
- Hofstetter 2,195 · U.S. census
- Hogard 310 · U.S. census
- Hoger 413 · U.S. census
- Hoguet 125 · U.S. census
- Hoh 741 · U.S. census
- Hohl 1,828 · U.S. census
- Hohler 546 · U.S. census
- Hohmann 1,666 · U.S. census
- Hohn 2,733 · U.S. census
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