Explore the Family Name Houlton

The meaning of Houlton

English: variant of Holton, perhaps most often arising from Holton cum Beckering or Holton le Moor (Lincolnshire), both named with Old English hōh ‘heel, spur of land’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.

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

According to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Houlton has slightly decreased over the years. In 2000, it was ranked 48,021st and by 2010, it fell to a rank of 49,914th, marking a change of -3.94%. However, the count of individuals with this surname slightly increased in 2010, reaching 420 from 414 in 2000, indicating a growth rate of 1.45%. The proportion of people with the Houlton surname per 100k also dropped by 6.67% from 0.15 to 0.14 during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#48,021	#49,914	-3.94%
Count	414	420	1.45%
Proportion per 100k	0.15	0.14	-6.67%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Houlton

The ethnic identity associated with the Houlton surname saw some changes between 2000 and 2010, as per the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, no Asian/Pacific Islanders or American Indians and Alaskan Natives were recorded under this surname but by 2010 there was a recorded presence of both ethnicities, at 1.43% and 1.19% respectively. The percentage of people identified as White remained relatively stable, dropping only slightly from 94.69% in 2000 to 94.52% in 2010. There was a small increase in those identifying as Hispanic, rising from 1.45% to 1.67%. The census data for the categories of "Two or more races" and "Black" were suppressed in 2010 for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.69%	94.52%	-0.18%
Hispanic	1.45%	1.67%	15.17%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.43%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	1.19%	0%
Two or More Races	1.21%	0%	0%
Black	1.93%	0%	0%