How common is the surname House?

41,000 people in the United States had the surname House in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,530 Americans. It ranked 844th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named House?

Son House, American blues singer and guitarist (1902–1988), followed by Edward Mandell House.

Where is the surname House most common?

Wikidata records people named House in the United States.

Is the surname House getting more or less common?

More common. 40,477 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 41,000 in 2010, up 1.3%.

The surname House

An English place surname, carried by 41,000 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). House is more common than 99.5% of them.

Origin

English origin

* 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.

House is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 41,000 people named House in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 7,530 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 40,477.

#844

rank among US surnames

41,000

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+1.3%

change since 2000 (was #776)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#835	McFarland	41,300	7,476
#836	Hebert	41,275	7,480
#837	Enriquez	41,271	7,481
#838	Hickman	41,163	7,501
#839	Quintero	41,158	7,501
#840	Randolph	41,129	7,507
#841	Schaefer	41,063	7,519

Who is named House

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

75% of people named House identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Houses

10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1980
Homer Doliver House
American botanist (1878–1949)
Karen Elliott House
American journalist and former executive, born 1947
Steve House
American mountain climber, born 1970
Edward Howard House
American journalist, 1836–1901

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like House

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

Other English surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname House come from?: * 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.…
How common is the surname House?: 41,000 people in the United States had the surname House in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,530 Americans. It ranked 844th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname House?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named House identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named House?: Son House, American blues singer and guitarist (1902–1988), followed by Edward Mandell House.
Where is the surname House most common?: Wikidata records people named House in the United States.
What type of surname is House?: House is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname House getting more or less common?: More common. 40,477 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 41,000 in 2010, up 1.3%.