Hogben
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English huckbone (“hip bone”), a nickname for someone with a deformed hip who probably walked crookedly.
Proper noun[edit]
Hogben (plural Hogbens)
- A surname from Middle English.
Statistics[edit]
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Hogben is the 4114th most common surname in England, belonging to 1816 individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hogben”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 190.