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There are approximately 1,501 people named Hoar in the UK. That makes it the 5,520th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 24 are named Hoar.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English


Related and similar surnames

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The Hoar surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

HOAR. HOARE. Doubtless from ASax. hdr, hoary, grey; applied to a person having a grey or hoary bead. The common medieval form is Le Hore.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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