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
Haggart Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Haggart Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Haggart Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Haggart is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Häggart. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Haggart? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 146,655th most widely held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 2,411,498 people. This last name occurs predominantly 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.
Haggart is most frequently occurring 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 reside, Nevada, where 9 percent reside and California, where 7 percent reside. Beside The United States Haggart is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in Scotland, where 20 percent reside and Canada, where 19 percent reside.
Haggart Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Haggart has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 343 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it declined 7 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it increased 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 bearing the Haggart surname is principally Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Haggart surname are 25.99% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 72.76% registered with the 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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