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    The surname Howey

    An English patronymic surname, carried by 2,480 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H000

    Howey: #12,500 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Howey #12,500, 2,480 people Howey: #12,500 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Howey #12,500, 2,480 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Howey is more common than 92.3% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From a Middle English diminutive form of Hugh.

    Howey is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    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 2,480 people named Howey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 124,494 Americans. That is up 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,328.

    #12,500
    rank among US surnames
    2,480
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.5%
    change since 2000 (was #12,260)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,491Laplant2,482124,394
    #12,496Justiniano2,481124,444
    #12,500Howey2,480124,494
    #12,504Gum2,479124,544

    Who is named Howey

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

    91% of people named Howey identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Howeys

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Steve Howey
      American actor, born 1977
    • Hugh Howey
      American fiction writer (born 1975)
    • Brianne Howey
      American actress, born 1989

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Howey

    Howey has the Soundex code H000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H000.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Howey come from?
    From a Middle English diminutive form of Hugh.
    How common is the surname Howey?
    2,480 people in the United States had the surname Howey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,494 Americans. It ranked 12,500th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Howey?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Howey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Howey?
    Steve Howey, American actor, followed by Hugh Howey.
    Where is the surname Howey most common?
    Wikidata records people named Howey in the United States.
    What type of surname is Howey?
    Howey is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Howey getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,328 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,480 in 2010, up 6.5%.