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    The surname Hooker

    An occupational surname, carried by 16,646 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H260

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hooker is more common than 98.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname originating as an occupation for a maker of hooks.

    Hooker is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,646 people named Hooker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,548 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,479.

    #2,185
    rank among US surnames
    16,646
    people in 2010
    5.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1%
    change since 2000 (was #2,017)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,177Purvis16,68618,503
    #2,179Acuna16,68318,507
    #2,180Ulrich16,66818,523
    #2,181Chau16,66718,524
    #2,182German16,66118,531
    #2,183Schulte16,65818,534
    #2,184Conroy16,65118,542

    Who is named Hooker

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

    70% of people named Hooker identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 70%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 24%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hookers

    11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • John Lee Hooker
      American blues musician (1912 or 1917–2001)
    • Joseph Dalton Hooker
      British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)
    • Steve Hooker
      Australian pole vaulter, born 1982
    • Joseph Hooker
      American Union Army general (1814–1879)
    • Earl Hooker
      American Chicago blues guitarist (1929–1970)
    • Evelyn Hooker
      American psychologist (1907-1996)
    • Destinee Hooker
      American volleyball player, born 1987
    • Janusz Hooker
      Australian rower, born 1969
    • Malik Hooker
      American football player, born 1996
    • Henrietta Edgecomb Hooker
      American botanist (1851-1929)
    • Erica Hooker
      Australian long jumper and pentathlete, born 1953

    Notable Hookers come mostly from the United States (7), Australia (3) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hooker

    Hooker has the Soundex code H260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H260.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hooker?
    16,646 people in the United States had the surname Hooker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,548 Americans. It ranked 2,185th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hooker?
    In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Hooker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Hooker?
    John Lee Hooker, American blues musician (1912 or 1917–2001), followed by Joseph Dalton Hooker.
    Where is the surname Hooker most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hooker in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    What type of surname is Hooker?
    Hooker is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Hooker getting more or less common?
    More common. 16,479 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,646 in 2010, up 1.0%.