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    The surname Hochstetler

    A surname, carried by 6,372 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex H233

    Hochstetler: #5,460 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hochstetler #5,460, 6,372 people Hochstetler: #5,460 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hochstetler #5,460, 6,372 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hochstetler is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,372 people named Hochstetler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,453 Americans. That is up 34% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,745.

    #5,460
    rank among US surnames
    6,372
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +34.3%
    change since 2000 (was #6,585)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,451Lett6,38548,355
    #5,452Dawes6,38348,370
    #5,453Hsieh6,38248,378
    #5,454Fawcett6,38148,385
    #5,456Pinkney6,37848,408
    #5,457Kwiatkowski6,37748,415
    #5,458Agustin6,37548,431

    Who is named Hochstetler

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

    98% of people named Hochstetler identified as white (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 98%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    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 Hochstetler

    Hochstetler has the Soundex code H233, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H233.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hochstetler?
    6,372 people in the United States had the surname Hochstetler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,453 Americans. It ranked 5,460th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hochstetler?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Hochstetler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Hochstetler getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,745 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,372 in 2010, up 34%.