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    The surname Hawthorne

    A place surname, carried by 16,758 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈhɔ.θoɹn/ 2 syllables Soundex H365

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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). Hawthorne is more common than 98.7% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Hawthorn.

    Hawthorne 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 16,758 people named Hawthorne in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,424 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,968.

    #2,167
    rank among US surnames
    16,758
    people in 2010
    5.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.9%
    change since 2000 (was #2,083)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,158Corral16,80818,369
    #2,159Barrow16,80118,377
    #2,160Torrez16,79518,383
    #2,161Dupree16,79418,384
    #2,162Eastman16,79118,388
    #2,163Crandall16,78118,399
    #2,164Light16,76918,412

    Who is named Hawthorne

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

    57% of people named Hawthorne identified as white (not Hispanic), 37% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 57%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 37%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hawthornes

    7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Nathaniel Hawthorne
      American writer (1804–1864)
    • Nigel Hawthorne
      British actor (1929–2001)
    • Kim Hawthorne
      American actress, born 1968
    • Charles Webster Hawthorne
      American artist (1872-1930)
    • Julian Hawthorne
      American journalist (1846-1934)
    • M. Frederick Hawthorne
      American chemist, 1928–2021
    • Mother Mary Alphonsa
      (1851-1926) Roman Catholic sister and social worker

    Notable Hawthornes come mostly from the United States (6) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hawthorne

    Hawthorne 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 Hawthorne come from?
    Variant of Hawthorn.
    How common is the surname Hawthorne?
    16,758 people in the United States had the surname Hawthorne in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,424 Americans. It ranked 2,167th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hawthorne?
    In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Hawthorne identified as white (not Hispanic), and 37% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Hawthorne?
    Nathaniel Hawthorne, American writer (1804–1864), followed by Nigel Hawthorne.
    Where is the surname Hawthorne most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hawthorne in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    How do you pronounce Hawthorne?
    Hawthorne is /ˈhɔ.θoɹn/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Hawthorne?
    Hawthorne is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Hawthorne getting more or less common?
    More common. 15,968 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,758 in 2010, up 4.9%.