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    The surname Hornback

    A surname, carried by 2,892 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H651

    Hornback: #10,998 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hornback #10,998, 2,892 people Hornback: #10,998 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hornback #10,998, 2,892 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hornback is more common than 93.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,892 people named Hornback in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 106,758 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,829.

    #10,998
    rank among US surnames
    2,892
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #10,434)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,993Chupp2,893106,722
    #10,998Killebrew2,892106,758
    #11,003Charpentier2,891106,795
    #11,007Hipolito2,890106,832

    Who is named Hornback

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

    94% of people named Hornback identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as two or more races and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hornback

    Hornback has the Soundex code H651, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H651.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hornback?
    2,892 people in the United States had the surname Hornback in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,758 Americans. It ranked 10,998th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hornback?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hornback identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Hornback getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,829 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,892 in 2010, up 2.2%.