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    The surname Hostetler

    A surname, carried by 14,505 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex H233

    Hostetler: #2,490 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Hostetler #2,490, 14,505 people Hostetler: #2,490 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hostetler #2,490, 14,505 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hostetler is more common than 98.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 14,505 people named Hostetler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,285 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,659.

    #2,490
    rank among US surnames
    14,505
    people in 2010
    4.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +24.4%
    change since 2000 (was #2,817)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,481Weldon14,53821,237
    #2,482Handy14,53721,239
    #2,483Lorenz14,52821,252
    #2,484Crook14,52621,255
    #2,485Loomis14,51821,266
    #2,486Salmon14,51121,277
    #2,488Centeno14,51021,278

    Who is named Hostetler

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

    97% of people named Hostetler identified as white (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hostetlers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jeff Hostetler
      American football player (born 1961)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hostetler

    Hostetler has the Soundex code H233, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H233.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hostetler?
    14,505 people in the United States had the surname Hostetler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,285 Americans. It ranked 2,490th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hostetler?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Hostetler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Hostetler?
    Jeff Hostetler, American football player (born 1961).
    Where is the surname Hostetler most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hostetler in the United States.
    Is the surname Hostetler getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,659 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,505 in 2010, up 24%.