# House (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/house/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A topographic surname from Middle English for someone residing in a house (as opposed to a hut) or in a religious house.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 41,000 |
| US rank (2010) | 844 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 7,530 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.3% (40,477 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from the noun house. * Also as an English surname, variant of Howes. * Also as a topographic English surname, from a derivative of Old English hyse (“place overgrown with water plants”), from hos (“bramble, thorn, sprout”). This may have also made its way into Hose, Huss. * As a German surname, calqued from the surname Haus.

## Who carries it

Share of people named House in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 75% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 19% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named House in the United States.

## People named House

- Son House, American blues singer and guitarist (1902–1988)
- Edward Mandell House, American diplomat with important role in WW I peace negotiations (1858-1938)
- Eddie House, American basketball player (born 1978)
- Fred House, American basketball player (born 1978)
- Danuel House, American basketball player (born 1993)
- Yoanna House, American model
- Homer Doliver House, American botanist (1878–1949)
- Karen Elliott House, American journalist and former executive
- Steve House, American mountain climber
- Edward Howard House, American journalist

## Similar surnames

Hussey, Hosey, Hoss, Hause, Hose, Howse, Huse, Hosea, Hoose, Hogue, Hoke, Huskey.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.