Explore the Family Name Hondros

The meaning of Hondros

Greek: variant of Chondros, a nickname from the vocabulary word chondros ‘fat’. It is also a shortened form of a surname beginning with Hondro- as a prefix, e.g. Hondrogiannis ‘fat John’. Some characteristic forenames: Greek Spiro, Dimitrios, Nickolaos, Stylianos.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Hondros has seen a marginal decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 68,973rd but fell slightly in rank to 69,170th in 2010, representing a slight decrease of 0.29%. Despite this fall in rank, the number of individuals with the Hondros surname actually increased during this period. In 2000, there were 266 people with this surname, and by 2010, this count rose to 284, marking a growth of 6.77%. The proportion per 100k people remained steady at 0.1 over these years.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#68,973	#69,170	-0.29%
Count	266	284	6.77%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.1	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Hondros

When evaluating the ethnic identity associated with the Hondros surname as per data from the Decennial U.S. Census, there was very little change from 2000 to 2010. Overwhelmingly, individuals with this surname identified as White, accounting for 96.99% in 2000 and 96.83% in 2010, showing only a slight decrease of 0.16%. Moreover, a small percentage, 2.26% in 2000 and growing to 2.46% in 2010, identified as Hispanic. There were no reported instances of this surname among those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.99%	96.83%	-0.16%
Hispanic	2.26%	2.46%	8.85%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%