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    The surname Houck

    A surname, carried by 12,634 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H200

    Houck: #2,854 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Houck #2,854, 12,634 people Houck: #2,854 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Houck #2,854, 12,634 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Houck is more common than 98.2% of them.

    Origin

    From the Dutch surname, variant of Hoek.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,634 people named Houck in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,438 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,458.

    #2,854
    rank among US surnames
    12,634
    people in 2010
    4.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #2,667)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,845Grey12,68024,349
    #2,846Wisniewski12,67524,359
    #2,847Pan12,66424,380
    #2,848Guardado12,65624,395
    #2,849Benavidez12,64824,411
    #2,850Garber12,64024,426
    #2,852Lerma12,63924,428

    Who is named Houck

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

    95% of people named Houck identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as two or more races and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Houcks

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • William Russell Houck
      American Roman Catholic priest and bishop (1926-2016)
    • Colleen Houck
      American writer (born 1969)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Houck

    Houck has the Soundex code H200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H200.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Houck come from?
    From the Dutch surname, variant of Hoek.
    How common is the surname Houck?
    12,634 people in the United States had the surname Houck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,438 Americans. It ranked 2,854th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Houck?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Houck identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Houck?
    William Russell Houck, American Roman Catholic priest and bishop (1926-2016), followed by Colleen Houck.
    Where is the surname Houck most common?
    Wikidata records people named Houck in the United States.
    Is the surname Houck getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,458 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,634 in 2010, up 1.4%.