Explore the Family Name Hovermale

The meaning of Hovermale

Americanized form of German Habermehl, a metonymic occupational name for a producer or seller of oatmeal.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Hovermale had a slight dip in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 33,605th most popular surname, then slipped to 33,772nd place in 2010, marking a 0.5% decrease. Despite this drop in rank, the actual count of people with the Hovermale name increased by 5.31%, from 640 in 2000 to 674 in 2010. However, when measured as a proportion per 100,000 individuals, the density of this surname decreased by 4.17%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#33,605	#33,772	-0.5%
Count	640	674	5.31%
Proportion per 100k	0.24	0.23	-4.17%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Hovermale

The same Decennial U.S. Census data also reveals shifts in the ethnic identity associated with the surname Hovermale. The majority of individuals with this surname identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, with a slight increase from 96.88% to 97.03%. Meanwhile, there were no individuals who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year. There was a notable increase in the Hispanic population carrying the Hovermale surname, growing by 26.6% from 2000 to 2010. Additionally, while there were no Hovermales who identified as Black in 2000, some did in 2010, accounting for 0.89% of the total Hovermales. Conversely, those identifying as Two or more races disappeared from the Hovermale demographic breakdown in 2010 after representing 1.88% in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.88%	97.03%	0.15%
Hispanic	0.94%	1.19%	26.6%
Black	0%	0.89%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.88%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%