Hodgson
surname · Latin script
Meaning: son of Hodge; first attested Henry, William Hoggeson(e) 1325 LaCt (Lancashire)
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/hɑdʒsən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Hodgson is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 3.9K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 5.5K
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 7.2K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 401 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.9K (inferred from the name graph)
≈33,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
United Kingdom, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
son of Hodge; first attested Henry, William Hoggeson(e) 1325 LaCt (Lancashire)
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Hodgson 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈33,000 est. | ≈1 in 42K | — | Hodgson | 18 |
| GB United Kingdom | #269 | ≈17,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.9K | — | Hodgson | 279 |
| US United States | — | 10,173 | 1 in 33K | 10K | Hodgson | 401 |
| AU Australia | #485 | ≈4,700 est. | ≈1 in 5.5K | — | Hodgson | 176 |
| PK Pakistan | — | ≈4,300 est. | ≈1 in 54K | — | Hodgson | 4 |
| CA Canada | #878 | ≈3,700 est. | ≈1 in 10K | — | Hodgson | 195 |
| NZ New Zealand | #258 | ≈680 est. | ≈1 in 7.2K | — | Hodgson | 113 |
| CR Costa Rica | — | 655 | 1 in 7.8K | 655 | — | — |
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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Hodgson is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A surname transferred from the given name.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, son of Hodge.
as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
patronymic from Hodge.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Brian Houghton Hodgsonb. 1800GBBritish diplomat and naturalist (1800/1801–1894)
- Frances Hodgson Burnettb. 1849GBEnglish-American playwright and author (1849–1924)
- George Hodgsonb. 1893CACanadian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist (1893-1983)
- Gordon Hodgsonb. 1904ZAFootballer, football manager (1904-1951)
- Marshall G. S. Hodgsonb. 1922USAmerican historian (1922–1968)
- Shirley Hodgsonb. 1945GBBritish geneticist
- Roy Hodgsonb. 1947GBEnglish football manager
- Roger Hodgsonb. 1950GBUK musician and songwriter
- David Hodgsonb. 1960GBEnglish footballer and manager (born 1960)
- Sharon Hodgsonb. 1966GBBritish politician (born 1966)
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 28 sources across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 10K | #3,511 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 9.9K | #3,314 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 9.9K | #3,514 |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 655 | #564 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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 Hodgson mean, and where does it come from?
- son of Hodge; first attested Henry, William Hoggeson(e) 1325 LaCt (Lancashire) Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- How do you pronounce Hodgson?
- A machine transcription gives /hɑdʒsən/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Hodgson have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 33 thousand people named Hodgson in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hodgson.
- How common is the name Hodgson?
- In the United States, the national register counted 10,173 people named Hodgson in 2010, about 1 in 33 thousand residents.
- How common is Hodgson compared with other names?
- In New Zealand, Hodgson is the 258th most common surname of 87,225 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, “Hodgson” — the 258th most common surname in New Zealand. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.