How common is the surname Horney?

1,537 people in the United States had the surname Horney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 200,875 Americans. It ranked 18,116th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Horney?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Horney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Horney?

Karen Horney, American-German psychoanalyst, followed by Brigitte Horney.

Where is the surname Horney most common?

Wikidata records people named Horney in Germany and the United States.

Is the surname Horney getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,598 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,537 in 2010, down 3.8%.

The surname Horney

A surname, carried by 1,537 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Horney is more common than 88.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,537 people named Horney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 200,875 Americans. That is down 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,598.

#18,116

rank among US surnames

1,537

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-3.8%

change since 2000 (was #16,549)

Who is named Horney

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

95% of people named Horney identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Horneys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Karen Horney
American-German psychoanalyst, 1885–1952
Brigitte Horney
Actress (1911–1988)

Notable Horneys come mostly from Germany (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Horney

Horney has the Soundex code H650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H650.

Questions

How common is the surname Horney?: 1,537 people in the United States had the surname Horney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 200,875 Americans. It ranked 18,116th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Horney?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Horney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Horney?: Karen Horney, American-German psychoanalyst, followed by Brigitte Horney.
Where is the surname Horney most common?: Wikidata records people named Horney in Germany and the United States.
Is the surname Horney getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,598 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,537 in 2010, down 3.8%.