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The surname Hockenberry

A surname, carried by 4,086 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex H251

Hockenberry: #8,114 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hockenberry #8,114, 4,086 people Hockenberry: #8,114 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hockenberry #8,114, 4,086 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hockenberry is more common than 95% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,086 people named Hockenberry in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,562 Americans. That is up 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,844.

#8,114
rank among US surnames
4,086
people in 2010
1.4
per 100,000 Americans
+6.3%
change since 2000 (was #7,980)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#8,106Llanos4,08975,506
#8,110Dunson4,08875,525
#8,113Deans4,08775,543
#8,114Rosenblum4,08675,562
#8,119Mastin4,08575,580
#8,121Klassen4,08475,599

Who is named Hockenberry

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

97% of people named Hockenberry identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 97%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
  • Two or more races 1.1%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hockenberry

Hockenberry has the Soundex code H251, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H251.

Questions

How common is the surname Hockenberry?
4,086 people in the United States had the surname Hockenberry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,562 Americans. It ranked 8,114th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hockenberry?
In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Hockenberry identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Hockenberry getting more or less common?
More common. 3,844 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,086 in 2010, up 6.3%.