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    The surname Houseman

    A surname, carried by 3,091 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H255

    Houseman: #10,414 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Houseman #10,414, 3,091 people Houseman: #10,414 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Houseman #10,414, 3,091 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Houseman is more common than 93.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,091 people named Houseman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 99,885 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,127.

    #10,414
    rank among US surnames
    3,091
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.2%
    change since 2000 (was #9,536)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,410Albaugh3,09499,788
    #10,411Collings3,09399,821
    #10,413McDavid3,09299,853
    #10,414Houseman3,09199,885
    #10,416Diana3,09099,918

    Who is named Houseman

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

    94% of people named Houseman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Housemans

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • René Houseman
      Argentine footballer (1953-2018)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Houseman

    Houseman has the Soundex code H255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H255.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Houseman?
    3,091 people in the United States had the surname Houseman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,885 Americans. It ranked 10,414th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Houseman?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Houseman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Houseman?
    René Houseman, Argentine footballer (1953-2018).
    Where is the surname Houseman most common?
    Wikidata records people named Houseman in Argentina.
    Is the surname Houseman getting more or less common?
    Less common. 3,127 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,091 in 2010, down 1.2%.