How common is the surname Hands?

1,441 people in the United States had the surname Hands in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 214,258 Americans. It ranked 18,939th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hands?

Israel Hands, 18th-century pirate, followed by Jaylen Hands.

Where is the surname Hands most common?

Wikidata records people named Hands in the United States.

Is the surname Hands getting more or less common?

More common. 1,323 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,441 in 2010, up 8.9%.

The surname Hands

A surname, carried by 1,441 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H532

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hands is more common than 88.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,441 people named Hands in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 214,258 Americans. That is up 8.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,323.

#18,939

rank among US surnames

1,441

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+8.9%

change since 2000 (was #19,040)

Who is named Hands

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

61% of people named Hands identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Black (not Hispanic) and 6.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 61%
Black (not Hispanic) 30%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.0%
Two or more races 2.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Handss

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Israel Hands
18th-century pirate, 1701–1718
Jaylen Hands
American basketball player (born 1999)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hands

Hinds

Hands has the Soundex code H532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H532.

Questions

How common is the surname Hands?: 1,441 people in the United States had the surname Hands in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 214,258 Americans. It ranked 18,939th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hands?: In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Hands identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hands?: Israel Hands, 18th-century pirate, followed by Jaylen Hands.
Where is the surname Hands most common?: Wikidata records people named Hands in the United States.
Is the surname Hands getting more or less common?: More common. 1,323 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,441 in 2010, up 8.9%.