The surname Honor
A surname, carried by 662 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex H560 Also a first name
Origin
Shortened from Honoria and Honora; later also interpreted as a virtue name by Puritans.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 662 people named Honor in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 466,383 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 627.
Who is named Honor
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
51% of people named Honor identified as Black (not Hispanic), 42% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Black (not Hispanic) 51%
- White (not Hispanic) 42%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
- Two or more races 2.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Variant spellings
- Honour
Surnames that sound like Honor
Honor has the Soundex code H560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H560.
Questions
- Where does the surname Honor come from?
- Shortened from Honoria and Honora; later also interpreted as a virtue name by Puritans.
- How common is the surname Honor?
- 662 people in the United States had the surname Honor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 466,383 Americans. It ranked 34,272nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Honor?
- In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Honor identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 42% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Honor getting more or less common?
- More common. 627 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 662 in 2010, up 5.6%.
- What are other spellings of Honor?
- Honour.
- Is Honor also a first name?
- Yes. Honor is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.