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    The surname Hockensmith

    A surname, carried by 1,668 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex H252

    Hockensmith: #17,033 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hockensmith #17,033, 1,668 people Hockensmith: #17,033 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hockensmith #17,033, 1,668 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hockensmith is more common than 89.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,668 people named Hockensmith in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 185,099 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,555.

    #17,033
    rank among US surnames
    1,668
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.3%
    change since 2000 (was #16,891)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,026Kassa1,669184,988
    #17,033Burdge1,668185,099
    #17,040Peed1,667185,210

    Who is named Hockensmith

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

    96% of people named Hockensmith identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hockensmith

    Hockensmith has the Soundex code H252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H252.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hockensmith?
    1,668 people in the United States had the surname Hockensmith in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 185,099 Americans. It ranked 17,033rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hockensmith?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hockensmith identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Hockensmith getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,555 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,668 in 2010, up 7.3%.