Explore the Family Name Hosman

The meaning of Hosman

1. Americanized form of German Hosmann: possibly a variant of Hose 2. 2. Americanized form of German Hossmann: variant of Horstmann. Compare Hossman. 3. Dutch: variant of Horstman.

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

The surname Hosman, based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, has seen a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. It was ranked as the 26,361st most common surname in 2000, but it slipped to the 27,331st position by 2010, reflecting a 3.68% decline. However, the absolute number of people with this surname slightly increased from 871 to 884 during the same period, a growth of 1.49%. Nonetheless, its proportion per 100,000 people dipped by 6.25%, from 0.32 to 0.3.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#26,361	#27,331	-3.68%
Count	871	884	1.49%
Proportion per 100k	0.32	0.3	-6.25%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Hosman

In terms of ethnicity, the Hosman surname also showed changes over the decade according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. The percentage of Hosmans identifying as white declined from 96.79% in 2000 to 94% in 2010. The representation of Hispanics within this group, though still small, saw a significant increase of 77.33%, moving from 1.72% to 3.05%. Interestingly, the data showed the emergence of individuals identifying with two or more races in 2010, whereas none were recorded in 2000. The proportion of those identified as American Indians and Alaskan Natives remained relatively stable, seeing a slight drop of 1.45%. No Hosmans identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.79%	94%	-2.88%
Hispanic	1.72%	3.05%	77.33%
Two or More Races	0%	1.81%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.69%	0.68%	-1.45%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%