The surname Hawthorn
A surname, carried by 1,144 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈhɔ.θoɹn/ 2 syllables Soundex H365
Origin
Compound of haw (“hedge”) + thorn.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,144 people named Hawthorn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 269,882 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,098.
Who is named Hawthorn
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
78% of people named Hawthorn identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 78%
- Black (not Hispanic) 17%
- Two or more races 1.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Hawthorn has the Soundex code H365, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H365.
Questions
- Where does the surname Hawthorn come from?
- Compound of haw (“hedge”) + thorn.
- How common is the surname Hawthorn?
- 1,144 people in the United States had the surname Hawthorn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 269,882 Americans. It ranked 22,481st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Hawthorn?
- In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Hawthorn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
- How do you pronounce Hawthorn?
- Hawthorn is /ˈhɔ.θoɹn/, 2 syllables.
- Is the surname Hawthorn getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,098 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,144 in 2010, up 4.2%.