How common is the surname Horrocks?

2,583 people in the United States had the surname Horrocks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,530 Americans. It ranked 12,072nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Horrocks?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Horrocks identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Horrocks?

Jane Horrocks, British actress, followed by Brian Horrocks.

Where is the surname Horrocks most common?

Wikidata records people named Horrocks in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Horrocks getting more or less common?

More common. 2,392 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,583 in 2010, up 8.0%.

The surname Horrocks

A surname, carried by 2,583 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Horrocks is more common than 92.6% of them.

Origin

From a dialect term hurrock (“heap of stones”) typical of Manchester.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,583 people named Horrocks in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 119,530 Americans. That is up 8.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,392.

#12,072

rank among US surnames

2,583

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+8%

change since 2000 (was #11,981)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,064	Guyette	2,585	119,437
#12,068	Maradiaga	2,584	119,484
#12,072	Horrocks	2,583	119,530
#12,079	Pullin	2,581	119,622

Who is named Horrocks

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

96% of people named Horrocks identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 0.7%
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 Horrockss

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jane Horrocks
British actress, born 1964
Brian Horrocks
British Army officer (1895-1985)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Horrox

Surnames that sound like Horrocks

Horak

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

Questions

Where does the surname Horrocks come from?: From a dialect term hurrock (“heap of stones”) typical of Manchester.
How common is the surname Horrocks?: 2,583 people in the United States had the surname Horrocks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,530 Americans. It ranked 12,072nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Horrocks?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Horrocks identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Horrocks?: Jane Horrocks, British actress, followed by Brian Horrocks.
Where is the surname Horrocks most common?: Wikidata records people named Horrocks in the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Horrocks getting more or less common?: More common. 2,392 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,583 in 2010, up 8.0%.
What are other spellings of Horrocks?: Horrox.