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    The surname Hoeft

    A surname, carried by 3,056 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H130

    Hoeft: #10,499 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hoeft #10,499, 3,056 people Hoeft: #10,499 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hoeft #10,499, 3,056 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hoeft is more common than 93.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,056 people named Hoeft in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 101,029 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,992.

    #10,499
    rank among US surnames
    3,056
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.1%
    change since 2000 (was #9,949)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,491Garth3,059100,930
    #10,498Chatfield3,057100,996
    #10,499Fulbright3,056101,029
    #10,505Zeno3,055101,062

    Who is named Hoeft

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

    94% of people named Hoeft identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Hoeft

    Hoeft has the Soundex code H130, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H130.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hoeft?
    3,056 people in the United States had the surname Hoeft in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,029 Americans. It ranked 10,499th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hoeft?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hoeft identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Hoeft getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,992 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,056 in 2010, up 2.1%.