Hougård

surname · Latin script

Hougård is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Denmark than in any other country, where it is the 97th most common surname. Recorded meaning: posed of the elements hov court (cf. Hofer) + gdrd enclos¬ ure (cf. Garth). Patrs.: Flem., Du.: Hui(j)smans, Huysmans.

rarermore common
  • DKDenmark1 in 2.2Kas Hougaard(measured from records)
  • TNTunisia≈1 in 98Kas Hougaard
  • ZASouth Africa≈1 in 115Kas Hougaard

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Hougård itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Denmark (measured from records)

2,650 named Hougaard

Sources
119 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 2.2K (inferred from the name graph)

Denmark, as Hougaard

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

HougaardLatin(measured from records)

Locally spelled Hougaard in DK Denmark, US United States, ZA South Africa and 3 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

posed of the elements hov court (cf. Hofer) + gdrd enclos¬ ure (cf. Garth). Patrs.: Flem., Du.: Hui(j)smans, Huysmans.

Sources 2

  • A dictionary of surnames
  • The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Hougård counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Hougård is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DK Denmark#972,650as Hougaard1 in 2.2K2.6KHougaard119
ZA South Africa—≈490 est.≈1 in 115K—Hougaard18
TN Tunisia—≈120 est.≈1 in 98K—Hougaard1
US United States—119as Hougaard1 in 2.8M141Hougaard81
NO Norway—34as Hougaard1 in 161K34Hougaard11
SE Sweden—27as Hougaard1 in 378K27Hougaard14

2,650 people counted by Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Hougård is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Hougard

  • English surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Philippines

    Also written Hougard

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 2 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Hougård
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—38#13,404

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Hougård mean, and where does it come from?
posed of the elements hov court (cf. Hofer) + gdrd enclos¬ ure (cf. Garth). Patrs.: Flem., Du.: Hui(j)smans, Huysmans. Recorded by A dictionary of surnames and The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles.
In which country does Hougård have the most bearers?
In Denmark, the national register counted about 2.6 thousand people named Hougaard, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Hougård most common?
No national register we hold counts the spelling Hougård itself. The densest figure for its family of spellings is Denmark's: the national register counts about 1 in 2.2 thousand people named Hougaard.
How common is the name Hougård?
In Denmark, the national register counted 2,650 people named Hougaard, about 1 in 2.2 thousand residents.
How common is Hougård compared with other names?
In Denmark, Hougård is the 97th most common surname of 88,366 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hougård” — the 97th most common surname in Denmark. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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