How common is the surname Houpt?

1,370 people in the United States had the surname Houpt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 225,362 Americans. It ranked 19,671st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Houpt getting more or less common?

More common. 1,344 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,370 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Houpt

A surname, carried by 1,370 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H130

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Houpt is more common than 87.9% of them.

Origin

German surname, Americanized form of Haupt. Compare Houpe.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,370 people named Houpt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 225,362 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,344.

#19,671

rank among US surnames

1,370

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #18,827)

Who is named Houpt

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

96% of people named Houpt identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
Two or more races 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Houpt

Haupt

Houpt has the Soundex code H130, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H130.

Questions

Where does the surname Houpt come from?: German surname, Americanized form of Haupt. Compare Houpe.
How common is the surname Houpt?: 1,370 people in the United States had the surname Houpt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 225,362 Americans. It ranked 19,671st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Houpt?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Houpt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Houpt getting more or less common?: More common. 1,344 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,370 in 2010, up 1.9%.