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    The surname Hites

    A surname, carried by 1,217 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H320

    Hites: #21,470 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hites #21,470, 1,217 people Hites: #21,470 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hites #21,470, 1,217 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hites is more common than 86.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,217 people named Hites in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 253,694 Americans. That is up 9.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,111.

    #21,470
    rank among US surnames
    1,217
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.5%
    change since 2000 (was #21,814)

    Who is named Hites

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

    94% of people named Hites identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hites

    Hites has the Soundex code H320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H320.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hites?
    1,217 people in the United States had the surname Hites in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 253,694 Americans. It ranked 21,470th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hites?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hites identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Hites getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,111 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,217 in 2010, up 9.5%.