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    The surname Hoosier

    A surname, carried by 1,500 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H260

    Hoosier: #18,448 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hoosier #18,448, 1,500 people Hoosier: #18,448 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hoosier #18,448, 1,500 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hoosier is more common than 88.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,500 people named Hoosier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 205,830 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,438.

    #18,448
    rank among US surnames
    1,500
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.3%
    change since 2000 (was #17,924)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,440Montz1,501205,693
    #18,448Ristau1,500205,830
    #18,457Weakland1,499205,968

    Who is named Hoosier

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

    69% of people named Hoosier identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 69%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 25%
    • Two or more races 3.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hoosier

    Hoosier 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 Hoosier?
    1,500 people in the United States had the surname Hoosier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 205,830 Americans. It ranked 18,448th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hoosier?
    In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Hoosier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Hoosier getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,438 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,500 in 2010, up 4.3%.