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    The surname Hosier

    A surname, carried by 3,104 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H260

    Hosier: #10,380 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hosier #10,380, 3,104 people Hosier: #10,380 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hosier #10,380, 3,104 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hosier is more common than 93.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,104 people named Hosier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 99,467 Americans. That is up 9.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,839.

    #10,380
    rank among US surnames
    3,104
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.3%
    change since 2000 (was #10,404)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,372Fasano3,10799,371
    #10,373McLamb3,10699,403
    #10,377Fromm3,10599,435
    #10,380Hosier3,10499,467
    #10,382Donohoe3,10399,499
    #10,387Tyus3,10299,531

    Who is named Hosier

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

    93% of people named Hosier identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as two or more races and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hosier

    Hosier has the Soundex code H260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H260.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hosier?
    3,104 people in the United States had the surname Hosier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,467 Americans. It ranked 10,380th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hosier?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hosier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Hosier getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,839 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,104 in 2010, up 9.3%.