How common is the surname Horst?

9,245 people in the United States had the surname Horst in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,396 Americans. It ranked 3,831st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Horst?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Horst identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Horst?

Alexander Horst, Austrian beach volleyball player, followed by Louis Horst.

Where is the surname Horst most common?

Wikidata records people named Horst in the United States, Austria and France.

Is the surname Horst getting more or less common?

More common. 8,208 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,245 in 2010, up 13%.

Is Horst also a first name?

Yes. Horst is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Horst

A German surname, carried by 9,245 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H623 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Horst is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German and Dutch Horst.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,245 people named Horst in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,396 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,208.

#3,831

rank among US surnames

9,245

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+12.6%

change since 2000 (was #3,975)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,822	Bohn	9,272	33,299
#3,823	Bourne	9,270	33,306
#3,824	Hanes	9,268	33,313
#3,825	Ruggiero	9,263	33,331
#3,826	Fitzsimmons	9,260	33,342
#3,827	Luis	9,255	33,360
#3,828	Bobo	9,254	33,363

Who is named Horst

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

96% of people named Horst identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Horsts

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alexander Horst
Austrian beach volleyball player, born 1982
Louis Horst
American choreographer, composer and pianist (1884-1964)
David Horst
American soccer player, born 1985
André Gorz
Austrian born French philosopher and journalist (1923-2007)

Notable Horsts come mostly from the United States (2), Austria (1) and France (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Horst

Horst has the Soundex code H623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H623.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Horst come from?: Borrowed from German and Dutch Horst.
How common is the surname Horst?: 9,245 people in the United States had the surname Horst in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,396 Americans. It ranked 3,831st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Horst?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Horst identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Horst?: Alexander Horst, Austrian beach volleyball player, followed by Louis Horst.
Where is the surname Horst most common?: Wikidata records people named Horst in the United States, Austria and France.
Is the surname Horst getting more or less common?: More common. 8,208 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,245 in 2010, up 13%.
Is Horst also a first name?: Yes. Horst is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.