How Many People Have the Last Name Horace?

1,750

people had the surname Horace in the 2010 US Census

About 1 in 169,492 people in the Census had this surname

Source: Census Bureau surname list

Surname Rank

#16,437

Tied with 6 others

Per 100,000 People

0.59

In 2010

Largest Group

75.1%

Black

Change Since 2000

−0.7%

−12 people

👥 Race and Hispanic Origin

Most people with the surname Horace (75.1%) are non-Hispanic Black. The next largest group, 17.7%, are non-Hispanic White. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic Black, Horace ranks #536. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 24.9% to 17.7%, and the non-Hispanic Black share rose from 69.6% to 75.1%.

White 17.7%
Black 75.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.7%
Two or more races 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino 2.3%

See the most common African American last names.

📈 Change Since 2000

Horace fell from 1,762 people in 2000 to 1,750 in 2010 (down 0.7%), and its rank fell from #15,309 to #16,437.

20002010
People1,7621,750
Rank#15,309#16,437
Per 100,000 people0.650.59

🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Horace

RankSurnamePeople in 2010
#16,427Truex1,751
#16,437Benninger1,750
#16,437Dimaio1,750
#16,437Mero1,750
#16,437Novello1,750
#16,437Villacorta1,750
#16,437Horace1,750

👤 Horace as a First Name

Horace is a first name too: about 14,872 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.

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