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    The surname Hodder

    An occupational surname, carried by 1,174 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H360

    Hodder: #22,069 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hodder #22,069, 1,174 people Hodder: #22,069 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hodder #22,069, 1,174 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hodder is more common than 86.4% of them.

    Origin

    (surname): From Middle English occupational name for a maker of hoods, from Old English hod (“hood”), from Proto-Germanic *hōdaz. :(river): From Brythonic, said to mean "pleasant water," with the second element from Proto-Brythonic *duβr. The first element is uncertain, but compare Welsh hawdd (“easy, prosperous, pleasant”).

    Hodder is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,174 people named Hodder in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 262,986 Americans. That is up 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,098.

    #22,069
    rank among US surnames
    1,174
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.9%
    change since 2000 (was #22,011)

    Who is named Hodder

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

    93% of people named Hodder identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hodders

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kane Hodder
      American actor and stunt performer, born 1955
    • Ian Hodder
      British archaeologist (born 1948)

    Notable Hodders come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hodder

    Hodder has the Soundex code H360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H360.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hodder come from?
    (surname): From Middle English occupational name for a maker of hoods, from Old English hod (“hood”), from Proto-Germanic *hōdaz. :(river): From Brythonic, said to mean "pleasant water," with the second element from Proto-Brythonic *duβr. The first element is uncertain, but compare Welsh hawdd…
    How common is the surname Hodder?
    1,174 people in the United States had the surname Hodder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 262,986 Americans. It ranked 22,069th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hodder?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hodder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Hodder?
    Kane Hodder, American actor and stunt performer, followed by Ian Hodder.
    Where is the surname Hodder most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hodder in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    What type of surname is Hodder?
    Hodder is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Hodder getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,098 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,174 in 2010, up 6.9%.