How common is the surname Hotaling?

2,528 people in the United States had the surname Hotaling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,130 Americans. It ranked 12,296th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hotaling?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hotaling identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hotaling?

Arthur Hotaling, American film director (1873–1938).

Where is the surname Hotaling most common?

Wikidata records people named Hotaling in the United States.

Is the surname Hotaling getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,546 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,528 in 2010, down 0.7%.

The surname Hotaling

A Dutch occupational surname, carried by 2,528 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex H345

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hotaling is more common than 92.4% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

Americanized spelling of Dutch Hoogteijling, an occupational surname for a productive farmer, from hoog (“high”) + teling (“cultivation, breeding”).

Hotaling is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,528 people named Hotaling in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,130 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,546.

#12,296

rank among US surnames

2,528

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-0.7%

change since 2000 (was #11,362)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,289	Valiente	2,530	122,034
#12,292	Spillers	2,529	122,082
#12,296	Scheidt	2,528	122,130
#12,303	Wolk	2,527	122,179

Who is named Hotaling

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

96% of people named Hotaling identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hotalings

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Arthur Hotaling
American film director (1873–1938)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hotaling

Houghtaling

Hotaling has the Soundex code H345, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H345.

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hotaling come from?: Americanized spelling of Dutch Hoogteijling, an occupational surname for a productive farmer, from hoog (“high”) + teling (“cultivation, breeding”).
How common is the surname Hotaling?: 2,528 people in the United States had the surname Hotaling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,130 Americans. It ranked 12,296th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hotaling?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hotaling identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hotaling?: Arthur Hotaling, American film director (1873–1938).
Where is the surname Hotaling most common?: Wikidata records people named Hotaling in the United States.
What type of surname is Hotaling?: Hotaling is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Hotaling getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,546 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,528 in 2010, down 0.7%.