How common is the surname Houle?

8,364 people in the United States had the surname Houle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,914 Americans. It ranked 4,239th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Houle?

In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Houle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.8% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Is the surname Houle getting more or less common?

More common. 7,698 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,364 in 2010, up 8.7%.

The surname Houle

A French surname, carried by 8,364 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Houle is more common than 97.4% of them.

Origin

French origin

* As a French surname, variant of Houde. * Also as a French surname, from placenames called La Houle, from houle (“hollow”). * As an English surname, variant of Hole.

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 8,364 people named Houle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,914 Americans. That is up 8.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,698.

#4,239

rank among US surnames

8,364

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

+8.7%

change since 2000 (was #4,258)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,230	Haggard	8,384	36,826
#4,231	Wentz	8,376	36,861
#4,232	Piazza	8,372	36,878
#4,234	Prewitt	8,371	36,883
#4,235	Fu	8,370	36,887
#4,236	Covert	8,369	36,892
#4,238	Mariscal	8,368	36,896

Who is named Houle

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

87% of people named Houle identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.8% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 87%
American Indian and Alaska Native 6.8%
Two or more races 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Houle

Houle has the Soundex code H400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H400.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Houle come from?: * As a French surname, variant of Houde. * Also as a French surname, from placenames called La Houle, from houle (“hollow”). * As an English surname, variant of Hole.
How common is the surname Houle?: 8,364 people in the United States had the surname Houle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,914 Americans. It ranked 4,239th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Houle?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Houle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.8% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Is the surname Houle getting more or less common?: More common. 7,698 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,364 in 2010, up 8.7%.