Explore the Family Name Hortman

The meaning of Hortman

1. Americanized form of German Hortmann: variant of Hort 1. 2. Possibly also an Americanized form of German Hartmann. Compare Hartman.

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

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Hortman has seen a decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Hortman was ranked as the 28,489th most popular surname, but by 2010, it had slipped to 33,695th place. This represents a drop in popularity of 18.27 percent. The actual count of individuals with the Hortman surname also decreased during this period from 788 to 676, a drop of 14.21 percent. The proportion per 100,000 people with this surname similarly dropped by 20.69 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#28,489	#33,695	-18.27%
Count	788	676	-14.21%
Proportion per 100k	0.29	0.23	-20.69%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Hortman

Looking at the ethnic identity of those with the Hortman surname based on the Decennial U.S. Census, there were no significant changes between 2000 and 2010 for those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native, with figures remaining at zero. However, there was a small increase in those identifying as two or more races, rising to 1.18 percent in 2010. Individuals identifying as White made up the majority of those with the Hortman surname, although their representation fell slightly from 89.97 percent in 2000 to 87.72 percent in 2010. There were modest increases amongst those identifying as Hispanic and Black, with rises of 16.85 percent and 16.47 percent respectively.

	2000	2010	Change
White	89.97%	87.72%	-2.5%
Black	8.38%	9.76%	16.47%
Two or More Races	0%	1.18%	0%
Hispanic	0.89%	1.04%	16.85%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%