Hogben

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English 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 === Hogben (plural Hogbens) A surname from 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 === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hogben”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 190.