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    The surname Hosack

    A place surname, carried by 912 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H220

    Hosack: #26,695 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Hosack #26,695, 912 people Hosack: #26,695 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Hosack #26,695, 912 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hosack is more common than 83.5% of them.

    Origin

    * As a Scottish surname, probably a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in northern Scotland. * As a Czech or Slovak surname, Americanized from Hosák, Hošak, from host (“guest”). Compare Hostibor, Hostislav.

    Hosack is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 912 people named Hosack in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 338,537 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 892.

    #26,695
    rank among US surnames
    912
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #25,885)

    Who is named Hosack

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

    96% of people named Hosack identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hosacks

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • David Hosack
      American physician, botanist, and educator (1769–1835)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Hosick

    Hosack has the Soundex code H220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H220.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hosack come from?
    * As a Scottish surname, probably a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in northern Scotland. * As a Czech or Slovak surname, Americanized from Hosák, Hošak, from host (“guest”). Compare Hostibor, Hostislav.
    How common is the surname Hosack?
    912 people in the United States had the surname Hosack in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 338,537 Americans. It ranked 26,695th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hosack?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hosack identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Hosack?
    David Hosack, American physician, botanist, and educator (1769–1835).
    Where is the surname Hosack most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hosack in the United States.
    What type of surname is Hosack?
    Hosack is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Hosack getting more or less common?
    More common. 892 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 912 in 2010, up 2.2%.
    What are other spellings of Hosack?
    Hosick.