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    The surname Hickox

    A surname, carried by 2,145 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H220

    Hickox: #14,042 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hickox #14,042, 2,145 people Hickox: #14,042 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hickox #14,042, 2,145 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hickox is more common than 91.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,145 people named Hickox in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 143,937 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,734.

    #14,042
    rank among US surnames
    2,145
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +23.7%
    change since 2000 (was #15,500)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,038Sang2,146143,870
    #14,042Viator2,145143,937
    #14,046Jolliff2,144144,004
    #14,050Tiner2,143144,072

    Who is named Hickox

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

    94% of people named Hickox identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hickox

    Hickox has the Soundex code H220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H220.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hickox?
    2,145 people in the United States had the surname Hickox in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 143,937 Americans. It ranked 14,042nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hickox?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hickox identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Hickox getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,734 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,145 in 2010, up 24%.