Haggard Surname
Approximately 12,366 people bear this surname
Haggard Surname Definition:
A claim was pursued against Isobel Hagger in Stitchill, 1723 (Stitchill, p. 185). The name occurs in Suffolk in thirteenth century as Hacgard (Guppy, p. 85). compare English surname Haggard.
Haggard Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11,172 | 1:32,444 | 4,048 |
| South Africa | 455 | 1:119,072 | 14,155 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| England | 162 | 1:343,939 | 25,007 |
| Canada | 134 | 1:274,967 | 25,811 |
| Australia | 37 | 1:729,614 | 48,196 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 37 | 1:36,864 | 3,590 |
| Wales | 22 | 1:140,661 | 10,115 |
| Guam | 16 | 1:10,008 | 1,526 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 7 | 1:632,838 | 19,259 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 253 | 1:96,345 | 9,841 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:467,902 | 12,875 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:392,104 | 12,338 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,986 | 1:25,286 | 3,123 |
Haggard (117) may also be a first name.
Haggard Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A claim was pursued against Isobel Hagger in Stitchill, 1723 (Stitchill, p. 185). The name occurs in Suffolk in thirteenth century as Hacgard (Guppy, p. 85). compare English surname Haggard.
(Anglo-French-Teut.) Lean; Wild [French hagard; perh. Middle High German hag, a hedge + the French intens. suff. -ard, Teutonic hart, hard, hard] (N.Eng. and Scandinavian) Dweller at a Hay- Yard [Old English hég = O.N, hey, hay + Old Northern English g(e)ard = Old Norse garð-r, yard, enclosure]
1. According to B.L.G. the family are supposed to be derived from the Ogards of co. Herts. 2. Haggard is a corruption of "hay-garth," a rick yard, and is so employed in Hall and Holinshed, as well as in several provincial dialects. See Garth. 3, and most probably, an ancient baptismal name which occurs in Domesday as Acard and Acardus, and in the H.R. as Hacgard.
Same as Hoggart, Huggard; from hoog-hart, a D. G. compound signifying very high or big.
From the Old Norse, Hagbarðr; from the Danish, Aaggaard; from the Swedish, Hagert; from the Dutch, Hageraats, Hakkert, Hagers, Hagoort, Hagt; from the German, Hoeger; from the Flemish, Hager; in the Domesday Book, Hago, Aghete (Lincolnshire), Hagebert; a personal name.
Haggard Demographics
Average Haggard Salary in
United States
$41,332 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Haggard Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Haggard Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Haggard is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Haggard? popularity and diffusion
The surname Haggard is the 42,207th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 589,321 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 87 percent of Haggard live; 87 percent live in North America and 87 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 864,112th most frequent given name in the world. It is borne by 117 people.
The last name Haggard is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 11,172 people, or 1 in 32,444. In The United States Haggard is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 14 percent live, California, where 9 percent live and Tennessee, where 9 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name occurs in 41 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 4 percent live and Ghana, where 2 percent live.
Haggard Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Haggard has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Haggard surname grew 563 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 36 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 550 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it declined 87 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Haggard Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Haggard last name are 21.47% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 68.24% being registered with the political party.
The amount Haggard earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 35.06% more than the national average, earning R 320,952 per year; in United States they earn 4.21% less than the national average, earning $41,332 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.51% less than the national average, earning $48,934 CAD per year.
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