How common is the surname Hand?

22,006 people in the United States had the surname Hand in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,030 Americans. It ranked 1,639th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Hand getting more or less common?

Less common. 22,034 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,006 in 2010, down 0.1%.

The surname Hand

A surname, carried by 22,006 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hand is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

* As a Dutch, German, and English surname, from the noun hand, or used to translate surname for hand in other languages. * Also as an English surname, possibly from a pet form of Randall or names like Johan and Henry.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 22,006 people named Hand in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 14,030 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 22,034.

#1,639

rank among US surnames

22,006

people in 2010

7.5

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #1,481)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,630	Grimm	22,103	13,968
#1,631	Meade	22,091	13,976
#1,632	Silver	22,052	14,001
#1,633	Ojeda	22,045	14,005
#1,634	Geiger	22,039	14,009
#1,635	Dodge	22,035	14,012
#1,637	Lujan	22,021	14,021

Who is named Hand

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

89% of people named Hand identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hand

Hand has the Soundex code H530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H530.

Questions

Where does the surname Hand come from?: * As a Dutch, German, and English surname, from the noun hand, or used to translate surname for hand in other languages. * Also as an English surname, possibly from a pet form of Randall or names like Johan and Henry.
How common is the surname Hand?: 22,006 people in the United States had the surname Hand in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,030 Americans. It ranked 1,639th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hand?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Hand identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Hand getting more or less common?: Less common. 22,034 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,006 in 2010, down 0.1%.