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The surname Hoak

A surname, carried by 1,474 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H200

Hoak: #18,660 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hoak #18,660, 1,474 people Hoak: #18,660 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hoak #18,660, 1,474 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hoak is more common than 88.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,474 people named Hoak in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 209,461 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,457.

#18,660
rank among US surnames
1,474
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+1.2%
change since 2000 (was #17,734)

Who is named Hoak

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

95% of people named Hoak identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
  • Two or more races 1.6%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
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 Hoak

Hoak has the Soundex code H200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H200.

Questions

How common is the surname Hoak?
1,474 people in the United States had the surname Hoak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 209,461 Americans. It ranked 18,660th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hoak?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hoak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Hoak getting more or less common?
More common. 1,457 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,474 in 2010, up 1.2%.