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    The surname Hou

    A Chinese surname, carried by 4,500 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H000

    Hou: #7,395 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hou #7,395, 4,500 people Hou: #7,395 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hou #7,395, 4,500 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hou is more common than 95.4% of them.

    Origin

    Chinese origin

    Borrowed from Chinese 侯 (Hóu).

    One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,500 people named Hou in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,610 Americans. That is up 52% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,958.

    #7,395
    rank among US surnames
    4,500
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +52.1%
    change since 2000 (was #10,049)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,386McCowan4,51068,458
    #7,387Findlay4,50968,473
    #7,390Kulkarni4,50668,519
    #7,391Morfin4,50568,534
    #7,392Froehlich4,50468,549
    #7,393Bostwick4,50268,580
    #7,394Lodge4,50168,595

    Who is named Hou

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

    95% of people named Hou identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 95%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Famous Hous

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Hou Hanru
      Art critic, curator, art director of MAXXI, born 1963

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hou

    Hou has the Soundex code H000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H000.

    Other Chinese surnames

    All 193 Chinese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hou come from?
    Borrowed from Chinese 侯 (Hóu).
    How common is the surname Hou?
    4,500 people in the United States had the surname Hou in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,610 Americans. It ranked 7,395th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hou?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hou identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.0% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Hou?
    Hou Hanru, art critic, curator, art director of MAXXI.
    Where is the surname Hou most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hou in France.
    Is the surname Hou getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,958 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,500 in 2010, up 52%.