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    The surname Hosea

    A surname, carried by 2,008 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex H200

    Hosea: #14,783 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hosea #14,783, 2,008 people Hosea: #14,783 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hosea #14,783, 2,008 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hosea is more common than 90.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,008 people named Hosea in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 153,758 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,770.

    #14,783
    rank among US surnames
    2,008
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.4%
    change since 2000 (was #15,252)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,775Secrist2,010153,605
    #14,781Bibi2,009153,681
    #14,783Gilyard2,008153,758
    #14,787Malan2,007153,834

    Who is named Hosea

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

    57% of people named Hosea identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 57%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 31%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 4.5%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • 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 Hosea

    Hosea has the Soundex code H200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hosea?
    2,008 people in the United States had the surname Hosea in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 153,758 Americans. It ranked 14,783rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hosea?
    In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Hosea identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Hosea getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,770 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,008 in 2010, up 13%.