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    The surname Hairston

    A place surname, carried by 16,090 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H623

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hairston is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    Habitational surname from a place in Scotland.

    Hairston is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,090 people named Hairston in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,189 Americans. That is up 8.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,891.

    #2,260
    rank among US surnames
    16,090
    people in 2010
    5.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.1%
    change since 2000 (was #2,242)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,251Bynum16,16619,098
    #2,252Farias16,15319,114
    #2,253Brannon16,13619,134
    #2,254Cazares16,13419,136
    #2,255Brenner16,11419,160
    #2,256Ladd16,11219,162
    #2,257Willoughby16,11119,164

    Who is named Hairston

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    81% of people named Hairston identified as Black (not Hispanic), 12% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.4% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 81%
    • White (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Two or more races 4.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Hairstons

    6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jester Hairston
      American composer, songwriter, arranger, choral conductor, and actor (1901-2000)
    • Malik Hairston
      American basketball player (born 1987)
    • Marlon Hairston
      American soccer player, born 1994
    • Happy Hairston
      Basketball player (1942-2001)
    • P. J. Hairston
      American basketball player (born 1992)
    • Jerry Hairston Jr.
      Baseball player, born 1976

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Hairston

    Hairston has the Soundex code H623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H623.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hairston come from?
    Habitational surname from a place in Scotland.
    How common is the surname Hairston?
    16,090 people in the United States had the surname Hairston in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,189 Americans. It ranked 2,260th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hairston?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Hairston identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 12% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Hairston?
    Jester Hairston, American composer, songwriter, arranger, choral conductor, and actor (1901-2000), followed by Malik Hairston.
    Where is the surname Hairston most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hairston in the United States.
    What type of surname is Hairston?
    Hairston is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Hairston getting more or less common?
    More common. 14,891 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,090 in 2010, up 8.1%.
    What are other spellings of Hairston?
    Haston.