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    The surname Hooks

    A surname, carried by 17,053 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H200

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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). Hooks is more common than 98.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 17,053 people named Hooks in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,105 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,341.

    #2,125
    rank among US surnames
    17,053
    people in 2010
    5.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.4%
    change since 2000 (was #2,034)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,116Coon17,09718,058
    #2,117Mott17,09218,064
    #2,119Dinh17,08118,075
    #2,120Hirsch17,07218,085
    #2,121Keating17,06018,098
    #2,122Chow17,05918,099
    #2,123Dutton17,05718,101

    Who is named Hooks

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

    49% of people named Hooks identified as white (not Hispanic), 45% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 49%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 45%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hookss

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jan Hooks
      American actress, comedian (1957-2014)
    • Kevin Hooks
      American actor and director, born 1958
    • Robert Hooks
      Actor, producer and activist (born 1937)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Hooks

    Hooks has the Soundex code H200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hooks?
    17,053 people in the United States had the surname Hooks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,105 Americans. It ranked 2,125th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hooks?
    In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Hooks identified as white (not Hispanic), and 45% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Hooks?
    Jan Hooks, American actress, comedian (1957-2014), followed by Kevin Hooks.
    Where is the surname Hooks most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hooks in the United States.
    Is the surname Hooks getting more or less common?
    More common. 16,341 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,053 in 2010, up 4.4%.