How common is the surname Horning?

7,322 people in the United States had the surname Horning in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,167 Americans. It ranked 4,820th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Horning?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Horning identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Horning?

William A. Horning, art director (1904-1959).

Where is the surname Horning most common?

Wikidata records people named Horning in the United States.

Is the surname Horning getting more or less common?

More common. 6,733 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,322 in 2010, up 8.7%.

The surname Horning

A surname, carried by 7,322 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H655

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Horning is more common than 97% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,322 people named Horning in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 42,167 Americans. That is up 8.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,733.

#4,820

rank among US surnames

7,322

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+8.7%

change since 2000 (was #4,793)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,811	Abell	7,339	42,069
#4,812	Jamieson	7,338	42,075
#4,813	Irish	7,336	42,086
#4,814	Wickham	7,335	42,092
#4,815	Reiss	7,334	42,098
#4,816	Germain	7,332	42,109
#4,817	Thornhill	7,327	42,138

Who is named Horning

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

97% of people named Horning identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hornings

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

William A. Horning
Art director (1904-1959)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Horning

Horning has the Soundex code H655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H655.

Questions

How common is the surname Horning?: 7,322 people in the United States had the surname Horning in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,167 Americans. It ranked 4,820th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Horning?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Horning identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Horning?: William A. Horning, art director (1904-1959).
Where is the surname Horning most common?: Wikidata records people named Horning in the United States.
Is the surname Horning getting more or less common?: More common. 6,733 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,322 in 2010, up 8.7%.