Explore the Family Name Hagler
The meaning of Hagler
South German (also Hägler): topographic name for someone who lived by a hedge or enclosure, Middle High German hac, + the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant; or a habitational name for someone from a place called with this word.
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How common is the last name Hagler in the United States?
According to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Hagler has seen a moderate shift in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 5902 but slipped slightly to 5958 in 2010, showing a marginal decrease of 0.95%. However, the overall count of individuals with this surname increased from 5368 in 2000 to 5775 in 2010, which is an uptick of 7.58%. Despite this increase in count, the proportion of U.S. citizens with the surname Hagler per 100,000 decreased by 1.51%, from 1.99 in 2000 to 1.96 in 2010.
2000 | 2010 | Change | |
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Rank | #5,902 | #5,958 | -0.95% |
Count | 5,368 | 5,775 | 7.58% |
Proportion per 100k | 1.99 | 1.96 | -1.51% |
Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Hagler
The Decennial U.S. Census data also provides a look at the ethnic identity associated with the Hagler surname. The majority of individuals with this surname identify as White, although there was a slight decrease from 77.98% in 2000 to 76.78% in 2010. The proportion identifying as Black saw a small increase from 17.92% to 18.29%. Those identifying as Two or More Races had the most significant growth, from 1.84% to 2.42%. Individuals with Asian/Pacific Islander ethnicity increased modestly from 0.41% to 0.48%, while those identifying as Hispanic saw a growth from 1.34% to 1.51%. Lastly, the American Indian and Alaskan Native category experienced a minor increase from 0.50% to 0.52%.
2000 | 2010 | Change | |
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White | 77.98% | 76.78% | -1.54% |
Black | 17.92% | 18.29% | 2.06% |
Two or More Races | 1.84% | 2.42% | 31.52% |
Hispanic | 1.34% | 1.51% | 12.69% |
American Indian and Alaskan Native | 0.5% | 0.52% | 4% |
Asian/Pacific Islander | 0.41% | 0.48% | 17.07% |
Hagler ancestry composition
23andMe computes an ancestry breakdown for each customer. People may have ancestry from just one population or they may have ancestry from several populations. The most commonly-observed ancestry found in people with the surname Hagler is British & Irish, which comprises 53.8% of all ancestry found in people with the surname. The next two most common ancestries are French & German (22.2%) and Ashkenazi Jewish (5.9%). Additional ancestries include Scandinavian, Eastern European, Spanish & Portuguese, Nigerian, and Indigenous American.
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ANCESTRY BREAKDOWN | COMPOSITION |
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British & Irish | 53.8% |
French & German | 22.2% |
Ashkenazi Jewish | 5.9% |
Other | 18.1% |
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Possible origins of the surname Hagler
Your DNA provides clues about where your recent ancestors may have lived. Having many distant relatives in the same location suggests that you may all share common ancestry there. Locations with many distant relatives can also be places where people have migrated recently, such as large cities. If a large number of individuals who share your surname have distant relatives in a specific area, it could indicate a connection between your surname and that location, stemming from either recent ancestral ties or migration.
Based on 23andMe data, people with last name Hagler have recent ancestry locations in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Ireland.
RECENT ANCESTRY Location | Percentage |
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Edinburgh, United Kingdom | 85.20% |
Merseyside, United Kingdom | 85.20% |
Belfast, United Kingdom | 85.20% |
Lancashire, United Kingdom | 85.20% |
Greater Manchester, United Kingdom | 85.20% |
What Hagler haplogroups can tell you
Haplogroups are genetic population groups that share a common ancestor on either your paternal or maternal line. These paternal and maternal haplogroups shed light on your genetic ancestry and help tell the story of your family.
The top paternal haplogroup of people with the surname Hagler is O-F2415, which is predominantly found among people with East Asian & Indigenous American ancestry. Haplogroup O-F2415 is descended from haplogroup O-M1359. Other common haplogroups include E-M183 and O-F2859, which are predominantly found among people with European and East Asian & Indigenous American ancestry.
The most common maternal haplogroups of people with Hagler surname are: H1, K1a, H. These most commonly trace back to individuals of European ancestry.
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Your paternal lineage may be linked to the Cham
One of the many populations harboring members of haplogroup O1b1a1a1a1 is the Cham ethnic group, a group of people who speak Austronesian languages in Mainland Southeast Asia. Austronesian languages make up a language family that is extremely large and widespread, comprising over 350 million people on islands such as Madagascar, Easter Island, and many others. However, Austronesian languages are less common on mainland Asia, with a notable exception being the Chamic language. Research suggests that ancestors of the Cham people migrated from Southeast Asian islands to the mainland around the year 500 BCE, and that early Cham populations quickly began mixing with indigenous southern Vietnamese populations. As a result, the Chamic language now has words that were borrowed from languages spoken by indigenous Vietnamese people. It is likely that an ancestral Kinh population was one of the populations that mixed with the Cham people shortly after their migration to mainland Asia.
Your maternal lineage may be linked to Marie Antoinette
Because it is so dominant in the general European population, haplogroup H also appears quite frequently in the continent's royal houses. Marie Antoinette, an Austrian Hapsburg who married into the French royal family, inherited the haplogroup from her maternal ancestors. So did Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, whose recorded genealogy traces his female line to Bavaria. Scientists also discovered that famed 16th century astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus traced his maternal lineages to haplogroup H.
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What do people with the surname Hagler have in common?
Spoiler alert: it's complicated. People with the same last name are usually no more genetically similar than a randomly sampled group of people from the same population. That said, people with the same surname are more likely to have similar ancestries than randomly sampled individuals. The reason is the tendency of people with similar cultural or geographical backgrounds to preferentially mate with one another. That's why people who share a surname may be more likely to share traits and tendencies in common than people within the general population. Check out the percentages below to see the prevalences of tastes, habits, and traits of people with your surname compared with prevalences among 23andMe users.
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Are health conditions linked to the last name Hagler?
The short answer is that, if there is an association between surname and health, it's usually more about your ancestry than your name. Individuals with a given surname are no more genetically similar than the general population but often have similar ancestries. The populations of people associated with those shared ancestries often have sets of genetic variations, also known as alleles, in common. Some of those alleles are associated with a greater likelihood of developing certain diseases.
Disease variant frequency by ancestry
Disease allele frequencies in populations associated with the surname Hagler are shown below. Important Note: not everyone with a disease allele will develop these health condition