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    The surname Hoss

    A surname, carried by 3,033 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H200

    Hoss: #10,565 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hoss #10,565, 3,033 people Hoss: #10,565 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hoss #10,565, 3,033 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hoss is more common than 93.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,033 people named Hoss in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 101,795 Americans. That is down 28% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,211.

    #10,565
    rank among US surnames
    3,033
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    -28%
    change since 2000 (was #7,298)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,560Biggerstaff3,035101,728
    #10,563Nadler3,034101,762
    #10,565Mullikin3,033101,795
    #10,572Larocque3,032101,829

    Who is named Hoss

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

    82% of people named Hoss identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hosss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Thales Gustavo Hoss
      Brazilian volleyball player, born 1989

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Hoss

    Hoss 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 Hoss?
    3,033 people in the United States had the surname Hoss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,795 Americans. It ranked 10,565th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hoss?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Hoss identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Hoss?
    Thales Gustavo Hoss, Brazilian volleyball player.
    Where is the surname Hoss most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hoss in Brazil.
    Is the surname Hoss getting more or less common?
    Less common. 4,211 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,033 in 2010, down 28%.