The surname Houde
A French surname, carried by 2,211 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex H300
Origin
French origin
From the French surname of Germanic origin, from Frankish *hildi (“battle”) or *aud (“wealth”). Compare Wood, Houle, and Hood.
One of 791 French surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,211 people named Houde in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 139,641 Americans. That is down 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,252.
Who is named Houde
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Houde identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
- Two or more races 2.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Houde has the Soundex code H300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H300.
Other French surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Houde come from?
- From the French surname of Germanic origin, from Frankish *hildi (“battle”) or *aud (“wealth”). Compare Wood, Houle, and Hood.
- How common is the surname Houde?
- 2,211 people in the United States had the surname Houde in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 139,641 Americans. It ranked 13,696th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Houde?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Houde identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Houde getting more or less common?
- Less common. 2,252 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,211 in 2010, down 1.8%.