How common is the surname Hoare?

648 people in the United States had the surname Hoare in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 476,459 Americans. It ranked 34,835th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hoare?

In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Hoare identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hoare?

Tony Hoare, British computer scientist, followed by Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood.

Where is the surname Hoare most common?

Wikidata records people named Hoare in the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Australia and 1 other country.

Is the surname Hoare getting more or less common?

More common. 611 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 648 in 2010, up 6.1%.

The surname Hoare

A surname, carried by 648 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hoare is more common than 78.5% of them.

Origin

Variant of Hoar.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 648 people named Hoare in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 476,459 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 611.

#34,835

rank among US surnames

648

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+6.1%

change since 2000 (was #34,949)

Who is named Hoare

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

84% of people named Hoare identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.9%
Two or more races 2.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hoares

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tony Hoare
British computer scientist, 1934–2026
Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood
British Conservative politician (1880-1959)
Sir Richard Hoare, 2nd Baronet
Archaeologist and antiquarian (1758-1838)
Ollie Hoare
Australian middle-distance runner, born 1997
William Hoare
British artist (1707-1792)
Jessica Alexander
British actress, born 1999

Notable Hoares come mostly from the United Kingdom (3), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hoare

Hoare has the Soundex code H600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H600.

Questions

Where does the surname Hoare come from?: Variant of Hoar.
How common is the surname Hoare?: 648 people in the United States had the surname Hoare in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 476,459 Americans. It ranked 34,835th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hoare?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Hoare identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hoare?: Tony Hoare, British computer scientist, followed by Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood.
Where is the surname Hoare most common?: Wikidata records people named Hoare in the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Australia and 1 other country.
Is the surname Hoare getting more or less common?: More common. 611 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 648 in 2010, up 6.1%.