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The surname Horrell

A surname, carried by 2,441 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H640

Horrell: #12,662 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Horrell #12,662, 2,441 people Horrell: #12,662 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Horrell #12,662, 2,441 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Horrell is more common than 92.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,441 people named Horrell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 126,483 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,161.

#12,662
rank among US surnames
2,441
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+13%
change since 2000 (was #13,005)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#12,656Houghtaling2,444126,328
#12,659Rayfield2,443126,380
#12,661Basquez2,442126,431
#12,662Horrell2,441126,483
#12,667Klee2,440126,535
#12,670Gilland2,439126,587

Who is named Horrell

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

93% of people named Horrell identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 93%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 3.1%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
  • Two or more races 1.2%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Horrell

Horrell has the Soundex code H640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H640.

Questions

How common is the surname Horrell?
2,441 people in the United States had the surname Horrell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 126,483 Americans. It ranked 12,662nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Horrell?
In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Horrell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Horrell getting more or less common?
More common. 2,161 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,441 in 2010, up 13%.