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    The surname Hopes

    A surname, carried by 1,073 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H120

    Hopes: #23,634 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Hopes #23,634, 1,073 people Hopes: #23,634 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hopes #23,634, 1,073 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hopes is more common than 85.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,073 people named Hopes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 287,740 Americans. That is up 7.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 994.

    #23,634
    rank among US surnames
    1,073
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.9%
    change since 2000 (was #23,762)

    Who is named Hopes

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

    52% of people named Hopes identified as Black (not Hispanic), 37% as white (not Hispanic) and 7.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 52%
    • White (not Hispanic) 37%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.7%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hopes

    Hopes has the Soundex code H120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H120.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hopes?
    1,073 people in the United States had the surname Hopes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 287,740 Americans. It ranked 23,634th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hopes?
    In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Hopes identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 37% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Hopes getting more or less common?
    More common. 994 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,073 in 2010, up 7.9%.