The surname Houchens
A surname, carried by 1,640 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex H252
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,640 people named Houchens in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 188,259 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,583.
#17,268
rank among US surnames
1,640
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+3.6%
change since 2000 (was #16,655)
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #17,268 | Houchens | 1,640 | 188,259 |
| #17,274 | Dorey | 1,639 | 188,374 |
Who is named Houchens
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
81% of people named Houchens identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 81%
- Black (not Hispanic) 16%
- Two or more races 1.6%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Houchens 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 Houchens?
- 1,640 people in the United States had the surname Houchens in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,259 Americans. It ranked 17,268th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Houchens?
- In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Houchens identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Houchens getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,583 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,640 in 2010, up 3.6%.