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    The surname Howze

    A surname, carried by 3,263 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H200

    Howze: #9,907 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Howze #9,907, 3,263 people Howze: #9,907 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Howze #9,907, 3,263 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Howze is more common than 93.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,263 people named Howze in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 94,620 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,075.

    #9,907
    rank among US surnames
    3,263
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.1%
    change since 2000 (was #9,693)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,899Chacko3,26694,533
    #9,901Janik3,26594,562
    #9,902Stickler3,26494,591
    #9,907Chamblee3,26394,620
    #9,910Everly3,26294,649
    #9,912Mijares3,25994,736

    Who is named Howze

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

    65% of people named Howze identified as Black (not Hispanic), 28% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 65%
    • White (not Hispanic) 28%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Howze

    Howze 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 Howze?
    3,263 people in the United States had the surname Howze in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,620 Americans. It ranked 9,907th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Howze?
    In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Howze identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 28% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Howze getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,075 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,263 in 2010, up 6.1%.