How common is the surname Hoover?

57,497 people in the United States had the surname Hoover in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,370 Americans. It ranked 580th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hoover?

J. Edgar Hoover, American law enforcement administrator (1895–1972), followed by Colleen Hoover.

Where is the surname Hoover most common?

Wikidata records people named Hoover in the United States and Kingdom of the Netherlands.

How do you pronounce Hoover?

Hoover is /ˈhuvɚ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Hoover getting more or less common?

More common. 56,068 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 57,497 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Hoover

A German occupational surname, carried by 57,497 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈhuvɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex H160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hoover is more common than 99.6% of them.

Origin

German origin

The surname is an anglicization of German Huber or Low German Hufer, originally designating a landowner or a prosperous small-scale farmer. The common noun and verb are taken from the brand name of one of the first vacuum cleaners (see hoover).

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

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 57,497 people named Hoover in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 5,370 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 56,068.

#580

rank among US surnames

57,497

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #532)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#571	Petersen	58,480	5,280
#572	Briggs	58,408	5,286
#573	Shah	58,287	5,297
#574	Roth	58,278	5,298
#575	Nicholson	58,151	5,309
#576	Holloway	58,040	5,320
#577	Lozano	57,779	5,344

Who is named Hoover

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

92% of people named Hoover identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hoovers

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

J. Edgar Hoover
American law enforcement administrator (1895–1972)
Colleen Hoover
American author, born 1979
Mikaela Hoover
American actress, born 1984
Erna Schneider Hoover
American mathematician, born 1926
Gavin Hoover
American cyclist, born 1997
Nan Hoover
American-Dutch artist (1931-2008)
Bob Hoover
American test pilot and aerobatics legend (1922-2016)

Notable Hoovers come mostly from the United States (6) and Kingdom of the Netherlands (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hoover

Hoover has the Soundex code H160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H160.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hoover come from?: The surname is an anglicization of German Huber or Low German Hufer, originally designating a landowner or a prosperous small-scale farmer. The common noun and verb are taken from the brand name of one of the first vacuum cleaners (see hoover).
How common is the surname Hoover?: 57,497 people in the United States had the surname Hoover in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,370 Americans. It ranked 580th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hoover?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Hoover identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hoover?: J. Edgar Hoover, American law enforcement administrator (1895–1972), followed by Colleen Hoover.
Where is the surname Hoover most common?: Wikidata records people named Hoover in the United States and Kingdom of the Netherlands.
How do you pronounce Hoover?: Hoover is /ˈhuvɚ/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Hoover?: Hoover is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Hoover getting more or less common?: More common. 56,068 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 57,497 in 2010, up 2.5%.