How common is the surname Hoyer?

3,589 people in the United States had the surname Hoyer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,026 Americans. It ranked 9,104th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hoyer?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Hoyer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hoyer?

Steny Hoyer, American politician (born 1939), followed by Brian Hoyer.

Where is the surname Hoyer most common?

Wikidata records people named Hoyer in the United States.

Is the surname Hoyer getting more or less common?

More common. 3,581 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,589 in 2010, up 0.2%.

The surname Hoyer

A surname, carried by 3,589 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hoyer is more common than 94.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,589 people named Hoyer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,026 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,581.

#9,104

rank among US surnames

3,589

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #8,476)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,097	Sale	3,591	85,978
#9,100	Blow	3,590	86,002
#9,104	Pavon	3,589	86,026
#9,108	Wiest	3,588	86,049
#9,112	Springfield	3,586	86,097
#9,113	Vanhoose	3,585	86,121

Who is named Hoyer

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

91% of people named Hoyer identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hoyers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Steny Hoyer
American politician (born 1939)
Brian Hoyer
American football quarterback, born 1985

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hoyer

Hoyer has the Soundex code H600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H600.

Questions

How common is the surname Hoyer?: 3,589 people in the United States had the surname Hoyer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,026 Americans. It ranked 9,104th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hoyer?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Hoyer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hoyer?: Steny Hoyer, American politician (born 1939), followed by Brian Hoyer.
Where is the surname Hoyer most common?: Wikidata records people named Hoyer in the United States.
Is the surname Hoyer getting more or less common?: More common. 3,581 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,589 in 2010, up 0.2%.