Hodgson Surname

7,548th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75,177 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Bermuda

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.

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Hodgson Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England33,8271:1,647187
United States14,0321:25,8313,249
Australia8,6371:3,126436
Canada7,4801:4,926712
Nicaragua3,1221:1,929324
New Zealand2,2361:2,025272
South Africa1,4501:37,3644,792
Scotland1,0581:5,060849
Wales6821:4,537494
Costa Rica3651:13,096575
Northern Ireland2531:7,2931,269
France2441:272,22441,905
Thailand2251:313,94854,096
Spain1491:313,77218,634
Ireland1311:35,9462,960
Chile1211:145,5915,036
Germany1091:738,58255,640
Panama851:46,0272,304
Bermuda611:1,070173
Cayman Islands591:1,083144
Isle of Man521:1,650294
Netherlands511:331,12138,060
Zimbabwe491:315,06631,156
Portugal471:221,6658,706
Honduras451:195,9212,232
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
Brazil371:5,785,793142,916
Jamaica321:89,6863,941
Switzerland311:264,93321,684
Guernsey291:2,222539
Hong Kong221:333,4313,127
Malaysia221:1,340,64757,034
Guyana211:36,2963,715
Jersey201:4,960981
Sweden201:492,33835,486
Gibraltar191:1,787420
Malta181:23,9041,289
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Denmark161:352,79524,706
Norway151:342,81932,589
Aruba141:7,3911,045
Philippines131:7,787,556197,164
Czechia121:886,12273,425
Finland121:458,05828,977
Japan121:10,653,69145,407
Belgium111:1,045,14978,166
China101:136,732,1577,199
Ghana101:2,702,06911,564
Austria91:946,15970,786
Ecuador91:1,767,31620,027
Colombia71:6,824,86722,056
India71:109,580,769786,157
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Zambia61:2,641,65434,188
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Madagascar41:5,912,4595,394
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Vietnam41:23,161,5143,610
Sri Lanka31:6,936,18718,422
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Bangladesh21:79,678,38625,993
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Montserrat21:2,474299
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Belize11:355,4743,977
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Macau11:601,6301,582
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland951:46,6304,041
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England20,5201:1,188133
Scotland1611:23,2502,179
Wales1021:15,377914
Isle of Man311:1,751233
Jersey71:7,4121,296
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,6141:31,1143,753

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.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

'son of Hodge,' which see. Most probably of recent introduction from the south.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

Hodge’s Son: v. Hodge.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Son of Hodge (q.v.).

— South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(Welsh, English) Descendant of Hodge, a pet form of Roger (fame, spear).

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

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.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the Old Norse, Odd-geirr; in the Domesday Book, Oger; a personal name.

— British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

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.

— Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

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 Demographics

Average Male Hodgson Height

176.66 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 388 (2014)

Average Female Hodgson Height

162.06 cm

Average female height (US):
161.5 cm
Sample size: 53 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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Hodgson Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Hodgson Come From? nationality or country of origin

Hodgson is found most in England. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hodgson? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,548th most commonly held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 96,939 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 49 percent of Hodgson live; 48 percent live in Northern Europe and 48 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 1,060,447th most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 82 people.

It is most frequently used in England, where it is carried by 33,827 people, or 1 in 1,647. In England Hodgson is mostly concentrated in: Durham, where 9 percent live, West Yorkshire, where 9 percent live and Cumbria, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account England Hodgson occurs in 113 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 19 percent live and Australia, where 11 percent live.

Hodgson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Hodgson has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Hodgson surname expanded 165 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 869 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 657 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 669 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 138 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Hodgson Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Anglican (52%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Hodgson surname are 13.26% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.03% registered with 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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