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    The surname Hockett

    A surname, carried by 3,280 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H230

    Hockett: #9,861 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hockett #9,861, 3,280 people Hockett: #9,861 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hockett #9,861, 3,280 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hockett is more common than 93.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,280 people named Hockett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 94,130 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,089.

    #9,861
    rank among US surnames
    3,280
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.2%
    change since 2000 (was #9,654)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,853Morello3,28394,044
    #9,854Velazco3,28294,072
    #9,859O'Boyle3,28194,101
    #9,861Decosta3,28094,130
    #9,865Reneau3,27994,158
    #9,870Biles3,27894,187

    Who is named Hockett

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

    81% of people named Hockett identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 14%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hocketts

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Charles F. Hockett
      1916-2000 linguist and anthropologist

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hockett

    Hockett has the Soundex code H230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H230.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hockett?
    3,280 people in the United States had the surname Hockett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,130 Americans. It ranked 9,861st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hockett?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Hockett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Hockett?
    Charles F. Hockett, 1916-2000 linguist and anthropologist.
    Where is the surname Hockett most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hockett in the United States.
    Is the surname Hockett getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,089 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,280 in 2010, up 6.2%.