How common is the surname Howse?

2,077 people in the United States had the surname Howse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,650 Americans. It ranked 14,392nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Howse getting more or less common?

More common. 1,937 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,077 in 2010, up 7.2%.

The surname Howse

A surname, carried by 2,077 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). Howse is more common than 91.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,077 people named Howse in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 148,650 Americans. That is up 7.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,937.

#14,392

rank among US surnames

2,077

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+7.2%

change since 2000 (was #14,212)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,392	Pelt	2,077	148,650
#14,398	Hucks	2,076	148,721

Who is named Howse

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

59% of people named Howse identified as white (not Hispanic), 36% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 59%
Black (not Hispanic) 36%
Two or more races 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Howse

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

Questions

How common is the surname Howse?: 2,077 people in the United States had the surname Howse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,650 Americans. It ranked 14,392nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Howse?: In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Howse identified as white (not Hispanic), and 36% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Howse getting more or less common?: More common. 1,937 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,077 in 2010, up 7.2%.