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    The surname Honea

    A surname, carried by 3,179 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex H500

    Honea: #10,145 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Honea #10,145, 3,179 people Honea: #10,145 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Honea #10,145, 3,179 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Honea is more common than 93.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,179 people named Honea in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 97,120 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,050.

    #10,145
    rank among US surnames
    3,179
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.2%
    change since 2000 (was #9,782)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,136Benites3,18197,059
    #10,140Nardone3,18097,090
    #10,145Esch3,17997,120
    #10,150Bailes3,17897,151

    Who is named Honea

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

    92% of people named Honea identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Honea

    Honea has the Soundex code H500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Honea?
    3,179 people in the United States had the surname Honea in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,120 Americans. It ranked 10,145th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Honea?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Honea identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Honea getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,050 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,179 in 2010, up 4.2%.