How common is the surname Homan?

9,597 people in the United States had the surname Homan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,171 Americans. It ranked 3,702nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Homan?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Homan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Homan?

Tom Homan, American law enforcement officer and immigration official (born 1961), followed by Jared Homan.

Where is the surname Homan most common?

Wikidata records people named Homan in the United States.

Is the surname Homan getting more or less common?

More common. 9,355 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,597 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Homan

A German surname, carried by 9,597 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H550

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Homan is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

Variant of Homann.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,597 people named Homan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,171 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,355.

#3,702

rank among US surnames

9,597

people in 2010

3.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #3,495)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,697	Knoll	9,608	32,134
#3,699	Fiore	9,606	32,141
#3,701	Bivens	9,603	32,151
#3,702	Frick	9,597	32,171

Who is named Homan

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

94% of people named Homan identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Homans

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tom Homan
American law enforcement officer and immigration official (born 1961)
Jared Homan
American basketball player, born 1983
Emma Homan Thayer
American author and illustrator (1842-1908)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Homan

Homan has the Soundex code H550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H550.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Homan come from?: Variant of Homann.
How common is the surname Homan?: 9,597 people in the United States had the surname Homan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,171 Americans. It ranked 3,702nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Homan?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Homan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Homan?: Tom Homan, American law enforcement officer and immigration official (born 1961), followed by Jared Homan.
Where is the surname Homan most common?: Wikidata records people named Homan in the United States.
Is the surname Homan getting more or less common?: More common. 9,355 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,597 in 2010, up 2.6%.