The surname Hoekstra
A Dutch surname, carried by 3,544 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈhuːkstɹə/ 2 syllables Soundex H236
Origin
Dutch origin
Borrowed from Dutch and West Frisian Hoekstra.
One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 3,544 people named Hoekstra in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 87,118 Americans. That is up 7.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,312.
Who is named Hoekstra
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
97% of people named Hoekstra identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 97%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
- Two or more races 0.8%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Hoekstra
Hoekstra has the Soundex code H236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H236.
Other Dutch surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Hoekstra come from?
- Borrowed from Dutch and West Frisian Hoekstra.
- How common is the surname Hoekstra?
- 3,544 people in the United States had the surname Hoekstra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,118 Americans. It ranked 9,203rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Hoekstra?
- In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Hoekstra identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- How do you pronounce Hoekstra?
- Hoekstra is /ˈhuːkstɹə/, 2 syllables.
- Is the surname Hoekstra getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,312 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,544 in 2010, up 7.0%.