Explore the Family Name Hoehne

The meaning of Hoehne

1. North German (Höhne): from a short form, Huno, of any of various ancient Germanic personal names composed with hun ‘giant’ or hūn ‘bear cub’. 2. German (Höhne): nickname from Middle High German hœne ‘despised; angry, proud; dangerous’. 3. Germanized form (Höhne) of Sorbian Hejna and Hejno (see Heine). Compare Hohne. Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Fritz, Franz, Gerhard, Hans, Helmut, Hermann, Horst, Ingo, Juergen, Klaus, Manfred.

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How common is the last name Hoehne in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Hoehne has seen a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Hoehne was ranked 20,382 in popularity and by 2010, it had slipped to 22,319, marking a drop of 9.5%. The count of individuals with this surname also declined by 4.7% from 1,212 in 2000 to 1,155 in 2010. Consequently, its proportion per 100,000 people also fell by 13.33%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#20,382	#22,319	-9.5%
Count	1,212	1,155	-4.7%
Proportion per 100k	0.45	0.39	-13.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Hoehne

In terms of the ethnic identity associated with Hoehne, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that most individuals identified as White, although there was a minor decline of 0.37% in this group from 93.15% in 2000 to 92.81% in 2010. The percentage of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander halved from 0.83% in 2000 to 0.43% in 2010. On the other hand, those reporting two or more races more than doubled from 0.50% in 2000 to 1.04% in 2010, while the Hispanic proportion rose slightly from 5.03% to 5.37%. No changes were reported in the Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native categories.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.15%	92.81%	-0.37%
Hispanic	5.03%	5.37%	6.76%
Two or More Races	0.5%	1.04%	108%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.83%	0.43%	-48.19%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%