How common is the surname Honig?

1,801 people in the United States had the surname Honig in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 171,430 Americans. It ranked 16,079th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Honig?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Honig identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Honig?

Bonnie Honig, American political theorist.

Where is the surname Honig most common?

Wikidata records people named Honig in Canada.

Is the surname Honig getting more or less common?

More common. 1,765 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,801 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Honig

A surname, carried by 1,801 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Honig is more common than 90.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,801 people named Honig in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 171,430 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,765.

#16,079

rank among US surnames

1,801

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #15,286)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,071	Vales	1,802	171,335
#16,079	Wynkoop	1,801	171,430
#16,087	Shehan	1,800	171,525

Who is named Honig

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

93% of people named Honig identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Honigs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bonnie Honig
American political theorist, born 1959

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Honig

Honig has the Soundex code H520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H520.

Questions

How common is the surname Honig?: 1,801 people in the United States had the surname Honig in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 171,430 Americans. It ranked 16,079th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Honig?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Honig identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Honig?: Bonnie Honig, American political theorist.
Where is the surname Honig most common?: Wikidata records people named Honig in Canada.
Is the surname Honig getting more or less common?: More common. 1,765 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,801 in 2010, up 2.0%.