Last Name HOWSE

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Meaning Local: At the house, from residence in some large hall or mansion as servant or retainer; possibly it might represent the proprietor himself.
The son of Hugh. Also, local, 'of the howes,' 'how,' a hill, a mound.
Origin English, Irish, Zimbabwean

Rank 14,212 (2000 US census) 8,378 (1990 US census)
Count 1,937 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 60.71%, or 1176 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 35.93%, or 696 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.31%, or 6 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.46%, or 9 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.19%, or 23 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.39%, or 27 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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