As described in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

HOGBEN. HOGBIN. Probably a pigstye ; from Iwg, and lin, a crib or hutch. A- Sax. This Kentish surname -was probably applied in the first instance to a swineherd.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


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