Hoogenboom

surname · Latin script

Meaning: 1. topographic name for someone living by a tall tree, or possibly a nickname for a tall man, literally meaning ‘tall tree’

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 6 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020

/hʊɡənbum/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Hoogenboom is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • NLNetherlands1 in 6.2K(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 1.2M
  • CUCuba≈1 in 93K

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.

Netherlands (measured from records)

2,775 people, 2007

Record sources
114 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

1 in 6.2K (inferred from the name graph)

Netherlands

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

(measured from records)

1. topographic name for someone living by a tall tree, or possibly a nickname for a tall man, literally meaning ‘tall tree’. 2. Belgian: habitational name from places called Hoogboom and Hogenboom in the Belgian province of Antwerp, named with the same elements as 1. lEamSiSThe name Hoogeboom is recorded in Beverwijck in New Netherland (Albany, NY) in the mid 17th century.

Cited for this meaning 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Hoogenboom 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 Hoogenboom is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NL Netherlands#6182,7751 in 6.2K2.8KHoogenboom76
US United States—2671 in 1.2M267Hoogenboom114
CU Cuba—≈120 est.≈1 in 93K—Hoogenboom1
AU Australia—≈72 est.≈1 in 356K—Hoogenboom39
CA Canada—≈65 est.≈1 in 577K—Hoogenboom40
BE Belgium—351 in 335K35Hoogenboom7
EE Estonia—≈4 est.≈1 in 351Klisted—2

2,775 people counted by CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007), 2007. 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: CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). 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)

Hoogenboom is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Netherlands

    Also written Hoögenboöm

32 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

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)
1850190019502000Simon Hoogenboom, b. 1893John Hoogenboom, b. 1925Bob Hoogenboom, b. 1949Peter Hoogenboom, b. 1956Ted Hoogenboom, b. 1960Richard Hoogenboom, b. 1978Mandy Hoogenboom, b. 1996Leonard Hoogenboom, b. 2000

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)
FormalDear Hoogenboom,
InformalHello,

Evidence

(measured from records)

12 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Hoogenboom
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)20072.8K#389
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010267#72,771
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020266#77,676
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000229#77,742
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)200835#33,513
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • 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

Where does the name Hoogenboom come from?
1. topographic name for someone living by a tall tree, or possibly a nickname for a tall man, literally meaning ‘tall tree’. 2. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Hoogenboom?
A machine transcription gives /hʊɡənbum/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Hoogenboom mean?
Recorded meaning: 1. topographic name for someone living by a tall tree, or possibly a nickname for a tall man, literally meaning ‘tall tree’.
In which country does Hoogenboom have the most bearers?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 2.8 thousand people named Hoogenboom, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hoogenboom.
Where is Hoogenboom most common?
Hoogenboom is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 6.2 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Hoogenboom?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 2,775 people named Hoogenboom in 2007, about 1 in 6.2 thousand residents.
How common is Hoogenboom compared with other names?
In the Netherlands, Hoogenboom is the 618th most common surname of 284,143 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, “Hoogenboom” — the 618th most common surname in Netherlands. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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