How common is the surname Hooton?

1,391 people in the United States had the surname Hooton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 221,959 Americans. It ranked 19,425th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hooton?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hooton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hooton?

Earnest Hooton, American anthropologist (1887–1954).

Where is the surname Hooton most common?

Wikidata records people named Hooton in the United States.

Is the surname Hooton getting more or less common?

More common. 1,308 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,391 in 2010, up 6.3%.

The surname Hooton

A surname, carried by 1,391 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H350

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hooton is more common than 88% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,391 people named Hooton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 221,959 Americans. That is up 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,308.

#19,425

rank among US surnames

1,391

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+6.3%

change since 2000 (was #19,196)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,416	Jeanjacques	1,392	221,800
#19,425	Akram	1,391	221,959

Who is named Hooton

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

95% of people named Hooton identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Two or more races 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hootons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Earnest Hooton
American anthropologist (1887–1954)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hooton

Hooton has the Soundex code H350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H350.

Questions

How common is the surname Hooton?: 1,391 people in the United States had the surname Hooton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 221,959 Americans. It ranked 19,425th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hooton?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hooton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hooton?: Earnest Hooton, American anthropologist (1887–1954).
Where is the surname Hooton most common?: Wikidata records people named Hooton in the United States.
Is the surname Hooton getting more or less common?: More common. 1,308 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,391 in 2010, up 6.3%.