Find out how popular the last name Hoare is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Hoare.

Hoare, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Hoare surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Hoare in America

Hoare is the 34835th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Hoare surname appeared 648 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Hoare.

We can also compare 2010 data for Hoare to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Hoare

The surname Hoare originates from the Old English word 'hor', meaning white or gray-haired. It is believed to have originated as a nickname for someone with gray hair, which was later adopted as a hereditary surname. The name is thought to have first appeared in England during the Anglo-Saxon period, around the 5th to 11th centuries.

The Hoare surname was particularly prevalent in the counties of Wiltshire, Somerset, and Devon in the southwest of England. It is believed that the name may have derived from the Old English place name 'Horah', which later evolved into the modern-day village of Huish in Somerset.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Hoare surname can be found in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it is listed as 'Hore'. This historical document, commissioned by William the Conqueror, provides a valuable record of landowners and their properties in England at that time.

In the 13th century, the Hoare surname appeared in various records, including the Assize Rolls of Somerset, where a Robert Hore was mentioned in 1268. During this period, the name was also spelled as 'Hore', 'Hoore', and 'Hoor'.

Notable individuals with the Hoare surname include:

1. Sir Richard Hoare (1648-1719), an English banker and politician who founded the Hoare's Bank in 1672, one of the oldest surviving private banks in the world.
2. Prince William Henry Hoare (1751-1828), an English landowner and art collector, known for his collection of classical antiquities at Stourhead.
3. Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood (1880-1959), a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Air and Secretary of State for India.
4. Sir Samuel Hoare (1841-1915), an English lawyer and judge who served as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 1913 to 1915.
5. William Hoare (1707-1792), an English portrait painter who was a founding member of the Royal Academy of Arts in London.

The Hoare surname has been linked to various place names, such as Huish Episcopi and Huish Champflower in Somerset, as well as Hoare Cross in Staffordshire. These place names likely derived from the same Old English root as the surname itself.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Hoare

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Hoare.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Hoare was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Hoare has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Hoare was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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