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hazard Name Meaning and History

English (also established in Ireland), French, and Dutch: nickname for an inveterate gambler or a brave or foolhardy man prepared to run risks, from Middle English, Old French hasard, Middle Dutch hasaert (derived from Old French) ‘game of chance’, later used metaphorically of other uncertain enterprises. The word derives from Arabic az-zahr, from az, assimilated form of the definite article al + zahr ‘die’. It appears to have been picked up in the Holy Land and brought back to Europe by Provençal crusaders.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of hazard Families in the US in 1920
Number of hazard families
 65-128
 22-64		 1-21
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Roland Hazard BeckyYoung962 1
James Hazard abt. 1892 Bracebridge / Muskoka, Ontario area and wife Agnes Duclos iamMelissaDMatt 3
William H. Hazard of Erie Co. NY c1800-37 Mary 17
HAZARD family name grandmalark 0
anna p. hazard flossie2 4
Hazard research Lionel Hazard 8
Hi All Frannette_Bourne 4
Raphel Hazard 1920 Vergennes Vt. LINDAAINSWORTH123 0
Perryville Cemetery nktown17 1
John Hazard maureenhodson 0
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