How common is the surname Hoel?

1,358 people in the United States had the surname Hoel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 227,353 Americans. It ranked 19,803rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hoel?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hoel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Is the surname Hoel getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,424 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,358 in 2010, down 4.6%.

The surname Hoel

A surname, carried by 1,358 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hoel is more common than 87.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,358 people named Hoel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 227,353 Americans. That is down 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,424.

#19,803

rank among US surnames

1,358

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-4.6%

change since 2000 (was #18,057)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,796	Rua	1,359	227,186
#19,803	Cahn	1,358	227,353

Who is named Hoel

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

93% of people named Hoel identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hoel

Hoel has the Soundex code H400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H400.

Questions

How common is the surname Hoel?: 1,358 people in the United States had the surname Hoel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 227,353 Americans. It ranked 19,803rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hoel?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hoel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Is the surname Hoel getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,424 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,358 in 2010, down 4.6%.