How common is the surname Horace?

1,750 people in the United States had the surname Horace in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,426 Americans. It ranked 16,437th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Horace getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,762 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,750 in 2010, down 0.7%.

Is Horace also a first name?

Yes. Horace is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Horace

A surname, carried by 1,750 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H620 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Horace is more common than 89.9% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,750 people named Horace in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 176,426 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,762.

#16,437

rank among US surnames

1,750

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.7%

change since 2000 (was #15,309)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,437	Novello	1,750	176,426
#16,444	Guimond	1,749	176,527

Who is named Horace

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

75% of people named Horace identified as Black (not Hispanic), 18% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 75%
White (not Hispanic) 18%
Two or more races 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Horace

Horace has the Soundex code H620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H620.

Questions

How common is the surname Horace?: 1,750 people in the United States had the surname Horace in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,426 Americans. It ranked 16,437th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Horace?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Horace identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 18% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Horace getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,762 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,750 in 2010, down 0.7%.
Is Horace also a first name?: Yes. Horace is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.