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    The surname Hoon

    A Dutch surname, carried by 979 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H500

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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). Hoon is more common than 84.4% of them.

    Origin

    Dutch origin

    From the Dutch surname de Hoon, from Middle Dutch hoon (“dangerous”), from Old Dutch *honi (“despicable”).

    One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 979 people named Hoon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 315,368 Americans. That is up 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 909.

    #25,295
    rank among US surnames
    979
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.7%
    change since 2000 (was #25,524)

    Who is named Hoon

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

    85% of people named Hoon identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 7.3%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hoons

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Shannon Hoon
      American singer-songwriter, 1967–1995
    • Hoon Thien How
      Badminton player, born 1986

    Notable Hoons come mostly from the United States (1) and Malaysia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hoon

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

    Other Dutch surnames

    All 167 Dutch surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hoon come from?
    From the Dutch surname de Hoon, from Middle Dutch hoon (“dangerous”), from Old Dutch *honi (“despicable”).
    How common is the surname Hoon?
    979 people in the United States had the surname Hoon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 315,368 Americans. It ranked 25,295th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hoon?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Hoon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Hoon?
    Shannon Hoon, American singer-songwriter, followed by Hoon Thien How.
    Where is the surname Hoon most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hoon in the United States and Malaysia.
    Is the surname Hoon getting more or less common?
    More common. 909 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 979 in 2010, up 7.7%.