Hodgson Surname
Approximately 75,177 people bear this surname
Hodgson Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Roger,' from nick. Hodge. The 'd' is intrusive, as in Rodgers. I only discover one early instance with the 'd' in it.
Alice Hogges, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Read More About This SurnameHodgson Surname Distribution Map
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
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England | 33,827 | 1:1,647 | 187 |
United States | 14,032 | 1:25,831 | 3,249 |
Australia | 8,637 | 1:3,126 | 436 |
Canada | 7,480 | 1:4,926 | 712 |
Nicaragua | 3,122 | 1:1,929 | 324 |
New Zealand | 2,236 | 1:2,025 | 272 |
South Africa | 1,450 | 1:37,364 | 4,792 |
Scotland | 1,058 | 1:5,060 | 849 |
Wales | 682 | 1:4,537 | 494 |
Costa Rica | 365 | 1:13,096 | 575 |
Northern Ireland | 253 | 1:7,293 | 1,269 |
France | 244 | 1:272,224 | 41,905 |
Thailand | 225 | 1:313,948 | 54,096 |
Spain | 149 | 1:313,772 | 18,634 |
Ireland | 131 | 1:35,946 | 2,960 |
Chile | 121 | 1:145,591 | 5,036 |
Germany | 109 | 1:738,582 | 55,640 |
Panama | 85 | 1:46,027 | 2,304 |
Bermuda | 61 | 1:1,070 | 173 |
Cayman Islands | 59 | 1:1,083 | 144 |
Isle of Man | 52 | 1:1,650 | 294 |
Netherlands | 51 | 1:331,121 | 38,060 |
Zimbabwe | 49 | 1:315,066 | 31,156 |
Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
Honduras | 45 | 1:195,921 | 2,232 |
Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
Brazil | 37 | 1:5,785,793 | 142,916 |
Jamaica | 32 | 1:89,686 | 3,941 |
Switzerland | 31 | 1:264,933 | 21,684 |
Guernsey | 29 | 1:2,222 | 539 |
Hong Kong | 22 | 1:333,431 | 3,127 |
Malaysia | 22 | 1:1,340,647 | 57,034 |
Guyana | 21 | 1:36,296 | 3,715 |
Jersey | 20 | 1:4,960 | 981 |
Sweden | 20 | 1:492,338 | 35,486 |
Gibraltar | 19 | 1:1,787 | 420 |
Malta | 18 | 1:23,904 | 1,289 |
Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
Denmark | 16 | 1:352,795 | 24,706 |
Norway | 15 | 1:342,819 | 32,589 |
Aruba | 14 | 1:7,391 | 1,045 |
Philippines | 13 | 1:7,787,556 | 197,164 |
Czechia | 12 | 1:886,122 | 73,425 |
Finland | 12 | 1:458,058 | 28,977 |
Japan | 12 | 1:10,653,691 | 45,407 |
Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
China | 10 | 1:136,732,157 | 7,199 |
Ghana | 10 | 1:2,702,069 | 11,564 |
Austria | 9 | 1:946,159 | 70,786 |
Ecuador | 9 | 1:1,767,316 | 20,027 |
Colombia | 7 | 1:6,824,867 | 22,056 |
India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
Zambia | 6 | 1:2,641,654 | 34,188 |
Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
Vietnam | 4 | 1:23,161,514 | 3,610 |
Sri Lanka | 3 | 1:6,936,187 | 18,422 |
Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
Bangladesh | 2 | 1:79,678,386 | 25,993 |
Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
Montserrat | 2 | 1:2,474 | 299 |
Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
Ireland | 95 | 1:46,630 | 4,041 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
England | 20,520 | 1:1,188 | 133 |
Scotland | 161 | 1:23,250 | 2,179 |
Wales | 102 | 1:15,377 | 914 |
Isle of Man | 31 | 1:1,751 | 233 |
Jersey | 7 | 1:7,412 | 1,296 |
Guernsey | 1 | 1:32,656 | 2,283 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 1,614 | 1:31,114 | 3,753 |
Hodgson (82) may also be a first name.
Hodgson Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Roger,' from nick. Hodge. The 'd' is intrusive, as in Rodgers. I only discover one early instance with the 'd' in it.
Alice Hogges, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Johannes Hodgeson, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Thomas Hogge, 1379: ibid.
Johannes Hojegeson, 1379: ibid.
William Hoggeson, Close Rolls, 4 Henry IV.
John Hoggeson, Norfolk Valor Ecclesiasticus.
Richard Hodggessone. Rolls of Parliament.
Ebbota Hoggese, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Ricardus Hoge, servant, 1379: ibid.
Johanna Roger, servant, 1379: ibid.
The last two are entered together. In replying to the registrar's question, the woman had respectfully said she was the servant of Roger, the man more familiarly that he was the servant of Hodge.
Hogge de Hedle, Patent Rolls, 14 Henry VII.
'son of Hodge,' which see. Most probably of recent introduction from the south.
Hodge’s Son: v. Hodge.
Son of Hodge (q.v.).
(Welsh, English) Descendant of Hodge, a pet form of Roger (fame, spear).
The son of Hodge or Boger. This name in the North of England is pronounced Hodgin, while in the South it has taken not only the pronunciation, but the spelling, of Hodson or Hudson. The name of Hodgson is ancient at Newcastleupon-Tyne, being found in records of temp. Edward I., and the Hodgsons of Stella and Acton, co. Northumberland, trace a clear pedigree to 1424.
From the Old Norse, Odd-geirr; in the Domesday Book, Oger; a personal name.
The Hodgsons are at present most numerous in this county and in the adjacent parts of Yorkshire. As far back as the 15th century they were more numerous in Northumberland than they are at present.
User-submitted Reference
Dates back to 1604 with the arrival in the US of Nicholas Hodsdon, who also spelt his name Hodgdon (or his name was spelt by another as Hodgdon), possibly reflecting pronunciation at the time. Origin is questionable due to extreme age of the name and its roots (Hodsdon/Hodgdon) in Anglo-Saxon Northumbria and possible sound changes in the development of the English language from the time of the Danelaw and subsequent Norman Conquest to the present time. Possible origin is from Saxon Hrodgarsson, meaning 'son of fame-spear', corrupted to Hrothgarsson (son of truth spear), eventually becoming Hodgesson or Hodgedon (Hodge's Hill, Hodge being an alternate form of a dimunutive of Roger, the name that Hrodgar developed into). Again, due to age, most of this is speculation based on patterns of regular sound change in the English language.
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Hodgson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hodgson Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hodgson is held by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Hodgson.
How Common Is The Last Name Hodgson? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,548th most commonly occurring family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 96,939 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 49 percent of Hodgson are found; 48 percent are found in Northern Europe and 48 percent are found in British Isles. Hodgson is also the 1,060,447th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 82 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in England, where it is held by 33,827 people, or 1 in 1,647. In England Hodgson is mostly found in: Durham, where 9 percent are found, West Yorkshire, where 9 percent are found and Cumbria, where 8 percent are found. Aside from England it exists in 113 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 19 percent are found and Australia, where 11 percent are found.
Hodgson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Hodgson has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Hodgson last name increased 165 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 869 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 657 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 669 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 138 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Hodgson Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Anglican (52%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Hodgson last name are 13.26% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.03% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Hodgson earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 116.93% more than the national average, earning 750,749 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 47.29% more than the national average, earning R 350,016 per year; in Colombia they earn 7.24% less than the national average, earning $21,059,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 8.22% more than the national average, earning $46,695 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.95% more than the national average, earning $51,644 CAD per year.
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