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    The surname Hathorn

    A surname, carried by 2,207 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H365

    Hathorn: #13,713 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hathorn #13,713, 2,207 people Hathorn: #13,713 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hathorn #13,713, 2,207 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hathorn is more common than 91.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,207 people named Hathorn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 139,894 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,125.

    #13,713
    rank among US surnames
    2,207
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.9%
    change since 2000 (was #13,181)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,707Overturf2,208139,830
    #13,713Sprenger2,207139,894
    #13,721Fleischmann2,206139,957

    Who is named Hathorn

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

    64% of people named Hathorn identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 64%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 31%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hathorns

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • John Hathorn
      American politician (1749-1825)
    • Gina Hathorn
      British alpine skier, born 1946

    Notable Hathorns come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Hathorn

    Hathorn has the Soundex code H365, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H365.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hathorn?
    2,207 people in the United States had the surname Hathorn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 139,894 Americans. It ranked 13,713th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hathorn?
    In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Hathorn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Hathorn?
    John Hathorn, American politician (1749-1825), followed by Gina Hathorn.
    Where is the surname Hathorn most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hathorn in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Hathorn getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,125 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,207 in 2010, up 3.9%.