The surname Howton
A surname, carried by 1,423 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex H350
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,423 people named Howton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 216,968 Americans. That is down 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,449.
#19,114
rank among US surnames
1,423
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
-1.8%
change since 2000 (was #17,813)
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #19,105 | Rosenau | 1,424 | 216,816 |
| #19,114 | Sereno | 1,423 | 216,968 |
| #19,123 | Winebarger | 1,422 | 217,121 |
Who is named Howton
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
90% of people named Howton identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 90%
- Black (not Hispanic) 3.6%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
- Two or more races 2.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Howton has the Soundex code H350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H350.
Questions
- How common is the surname Howton?
- 1,423 people in the United States had the surname Howton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 216,968 Americans. It ranked 19,114th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Howton?
- In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Howton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Howton getting more or less common?
- Less common. 1,449 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,423 in 2010, down 1.8%.