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    The surname Houchins

    A surname, carried by 1,881 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H252

    Houchins: #15,551 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Houchins #15,551, 1,881 people Houchins: #15,551 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Houchins #15,551, 1,881 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Houchins is more common than 90.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,881 people named Houchins in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 164,139 Americans. That is down 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,947.

    #15,551
    rank among US surnames
    1,881
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    -3.4%
    change since 2000 (was #14,158)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,546Weldy1,882164,052
    #15,551Buscher1,881164,139
    #15,560Struthers1,880164,226

    Who is named Houchins

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

    88% of people named Houchins identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.4%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Houchins

    Houchins 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 Houchins?
    1,881 people in the United States had the surname Houchins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 164,139 Americans. It ranked 15,551st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Houchins?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Houchins identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Houchins getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,947 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,881 in 2010, down 3.4%.