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The surname Hockaday

A surname, carried by 2,320 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex H230

Hockaday: #13,177 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hockaday #13,177, 2,320 people Hockaday: #13,177 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hockaday #13,177, 2,320 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hockaday is more common than 91.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,320 people named Hockaday in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 133,080 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,217.

#13,177
rank among US surnames
2,320
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+4.6%
change since 2000 (was #12,773)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#13,171Tedeschi2,321133,023
#13,177Kennison2,320133,080
#13,184Landman2,319133,137
#13,186Moraga2,318133,195

Who is named Hockaday

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

59% of people named Hockaday identified as white (not Hispanic), 35% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 59%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 35%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
  • Two or more races 2.2%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Hockaday?
2,320 people in the United States had the surname Hockaday in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 133,080 Americans. It ranked 13,177th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hockaday?
In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Hockaday identified as white (not Hispanic), and 35% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Hockaday getting more or less common?
More common. 2,217 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,320 in 2010, up 4.6%.