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    The surname Hosking

    A surname, carried by 1,624 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H252

    Hosking: #17,385 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hosking #17,385, 1,624 people Hosking: #17,385 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hosking #17,385, 1,624 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hosking is more common than 89.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,624 people named Hosking in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 190,114 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,551.

    #17,385
    rank among US surnames
    1,624
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.7%
    change since 2000 (was #16,925)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,379Tarnowski1,625189,997
    #17,385Brasel1,624190,114
    #17,392Slavens1,623190,231

    Who is named Hosking

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

    89% of people named Hosking identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.3%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hoskings

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Chloe Hosking
      Australian racing cyclist, born 1990

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hosking

    Hosking has the Soundex code H252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H252.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hosking?
    1,624 people in the United States had the surname Hosking in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 190,114 Americans. It ranked 17,385th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hosking?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Hosking identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Hosking?
    Chloe Hosking, Australian racing cyclist.
    Where is the surname Hosking most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hosking in Australia.
    Is the surname Hosking getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,551 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,624 in 2010, up 4.7%.