Hogben

English

Etymology

From Middle English huckbone (“hip bone”), a nickname for someone with a deformed hip who probably walked crookedly.

Proper noun

Hogben (plural Hogbens)

1. A surname from Middle English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Hogben is the 4114^th most common surname in England, belonging to 1816 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hogben”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 190.