House

At the 2020 census, 40,157 Americans bore the surname House — 842nd out of 156,621 surnames on file. That is about one person in 7,443.

By the numbers

People: 40,157
Rank: 842nd
How common: 1 in 7,443
Per 100,000: 13.4

Where the name comes from

Origin Middle English

As an English surname, from the noun house.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname House described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 71.8%
Black, not Hispanic 17.9%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino 3.4%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 1.4%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.8%

Notable people called House

Son House (1902–1988)American blues singer and guitarist
Edward Mandell House (1858–1938)American diplomat with important role in WW I peace negotiations
Rachel House (born 1971)New Zealand actress and director
Eddie House (born 1978)American basketball player
Fred House (born 1978)American basketball player
Yoanna House (born 1980)American model
Danuel House (born 1993)American basketball player
Kristian House (born 1979)English racing cyclist

People named House with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like House

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.