as a Last Name
- 2,121
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Hosier
Meaning & Origins
English: occupational name for a maker or seller of leggings, from an agent derivative of Middle English hose (Old English hosa). Hose was the regular term for garments worn on the legs until the 18th century.
| 12,491st in the U.S. for 2011 |
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 2,121
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Indiana
- has the most people named Hosier per capita
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