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    The surname Hout

    A surname, carried by 1,205 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H300

    Hout: #21,633 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hout #21,633, 1,205 people Hout: #21,633 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hout #21,633, 1,205 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hout is more common than 86.7% of them.

    Origin

    From the Dutch surname, from the noun hout (“wood”). Compare Van Hout, Houts, Houtman.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,205 people named Hout in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 256,220 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,148.

    #21,633
    rank among US surnames
    1,205
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5%
    change since 2000 (was #21,273)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #21,625Rathke1,206256,008
    #21,633Nakai1,205256,220

    Who is named Hout

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

    81% of people named Hout identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 14%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hout

    Hout has the Soundex code H300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H300.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hout come from?
    From the Dutch surname, from the noun hout (“wood”). Compare Van Hout, Houts, Houtman.
    How common is the surname Hout?
    1,205 people in the United States had the surname Hout in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 256,220 Americans. It ranked 21,633rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hout?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Hout identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Hout getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,148 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,205 in 2010, up 5.0%.