Last Name HAWTHORNE

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Local: At the hawthorn, from residence by some prominent haw thorn tree. Perhaps Horethorn has a share in the parentage.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	2,083 (2000 US census)	2,063 (1990 US census)

Count	15,968 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

61.2%, or 9772 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
34.75%, or 5549 total occurrences, as black,
0.23%, or 37 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.58%, or 93 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.86%, or 297 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.38%, or 220 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...

Longest baby names

The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

Belarus middle names

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