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    The surname Hove

    A surname, carried by 2,041 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H100

    Hove: #14,587 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hove #14,587, 2,041 people Hove: #14,587 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hove #14,587, 2,041 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hove is more common than 91% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,041 people named Hove in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 151,272 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,718.

    #14,587
    rank among US surnames
    2,041
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +18.8%
    change since 2000 (was #15,619)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,579Boysen2,043151,124
    #14,585Strine2,042151,198
    #14,587Emrich2,041151,272
    #14,591Tarlton2,040151,346

    Who is named Hove

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

    83% of people named Hove identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hoves

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Johan Hove
      Association football player, born 2000

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hove

    Hove has the Soundex code H100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H100.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hove?
    2,041 people in the United States had the surname Hove in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 151,272 Americans. It ranked 14,587th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hove?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Hove identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Hove?
    Johan Hove, association football player.
    Where is the surname Hove most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hove in Norway.
    Is the surname Hove getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,718 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,041 in 2010, up 19%.