Haggart Surname
Approximately 3,022 people bear this surname
Haggart Surname Definition:
A corruption of Mactaggart, which see. The name was not uncommon in Perthshire in the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. John Haggart is recorded in Perth in 1595 (RPC., V, p. 651), and Haggart was portioner of Dulgarthill near Dunkela in 1598.
Read More About This SurnameHaggart Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,168 | 1:310,324 | 28,453 |
| Scotland | 606 | 1:8,835 | 1,277 |
| Canada | 573 | 1:64,303 | 7,493 |
| England | 390 | 1:142,867 | 13,841 |
| Australia | 158 | 1:170,859 | 17,509 |
| New Zealand | 94 | 1:48,174 | 7,829 |
| Northern Ireland | 9 | 1:205,004 | 9,958 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 12 | 1:369,156 | 13,616 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 653 | 1:5,732 | 845 |
| England | 73 | 1:333,909 | 21,641 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:224,059 | 8,079 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 341 | 1:147,269 | 13,727 |
The alternate forms: Häggart (2) are calculated separately.
Haggart Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A corruption of Mactaggart, which see. The name was not uncommon in Perthshire in the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. John Haggart is recorded in Perth in 1595 (RPC., V, p. 651), and Haggart was portioner of Dulgarthill near Dunkela in 1598. John Haggart and William Haggar appear in Eister Keppet (Caputh) in 1618 (ibid. II, p. 368), and William Hagart, called Long William, in Eister Capeth was slain in 1019 (ibid., XII, p. 78).
(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]
Haggart Demographics
Average Male Haggart Height
176.47 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Haggart Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Haggart Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Haggart occurs most in The United States. It can be found as a variant: Häggart. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Haggart? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 146,655th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 2,411,498 people. The last name Haggart is predominantly found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Haggart are found; 56 percent are found in North America and 56 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 1,168 people, or 1 in 310,324. In The United States Haggart is mostly found in: Michigan, where 20 percent live, Nevada, where 9 percent live and California, where 7 percent live. Not including The United States it exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in Scotland, where 20 percent live and Canada, where 19 percent live.
Haggart Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Haggart has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Haggart surname rose 343 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it declined 7 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it rose 534 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 92 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Haggart Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Haggart surname is predominantly Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States Haggart are 25.99% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 72.76% registered with the political party.
The amount Haggart earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 3.09% more than the national average, earning $44,483 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.42% more than the national average, earning $54,361 CAD per year.
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Haggart Reference & Research
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