How common is the surname Hoyle?

9,192 people in the United States had the surname Hoyle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,589 Americans. It ranked 3,857th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hoyle?

Fred Hoyle, British astronomer (1915–2001), followed by Val Hoyle.

Where is the surname Hoyle most common?

Wikidata records people named Hoyle in the United Kingdom and the United States.

How do you pronounce Hoyle?

Hoyle is /ˈhɔɪl/, one syllable.

Is the surname Hoyle getting more or less common?

Less common. 9,455 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,192 in 2010, down 2.8%.

The surname Hoyle

An English surname, carried by 9,192 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈhɔɪl/ 1 syllable Soundex H400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hoyle is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English halh (“hollow”).

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 9,192 people named Hoyle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,589 Americans. That is down 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,455.

#3,857

rank among US surnames

9,192

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

-2.8%

change since 2000 (was #3,457)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,854	Bader	9,197	33,570
#3,855	Hoy	9,196	33,574
#3,856	Sweat	9,194	33,581
#3,857	Hoyle	9,192	33,589
#3,859	Peter	9,191	33,592

Who is named Hoyle

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

81% of people named Hoyle identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hoyles

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Fred Hoyle
British astronomer (1915–2001)
Val Hoyle
American politician, born 1964

Notable Hoyles come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hoyle

Hoyle has the Soundex code H400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H400.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hoyle come from?: From Old English halh (“hollow”).
How common is the surname Hoyle?: 9,192 people in the United States had the surname Hoyle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,589 Americans. It ranked 3,857th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hoyle?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Hoyle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hoyle?: Fred Hoyle, British astronomer (1915–2001), followed by Val Hoyle.
Where is the surname Hoyle most common?: Wikidata records people named Hoyle in the United Kingdom and the United States.
How do you pronounce Hoyle?: Hoyle is /ˈhɔɪl/, one syllable.
Is the surname Hoyle getting more or less common?: Less common. 9,455 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,192 in 2010, down 2.8%.