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Hogben
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English
+ (surname)
Etymology
From en enm huckbone hip bone, a nickname for someone with a deformed hip who probably walked crookedly.Alternatively, a Viking name based on the norse for "high village" ie "hogbyn", which is the earliest recorded spelling of the name. Interestingly, there is a village in Kent called Hogben's Hill".
Proper noun
s
en Middle English.
Statistics
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Hogben is the 4114th most common surname in England, belonging to 1816 individuals.
Further reading
en surnames from nicknames