Find out how popular the last name Hotaling is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Hotaling.

Hotaling, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Hotaling surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Hotaling in America

Hotaling is the 12296th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Hotaling surname appeared 2,528 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Hotaling.

We can also compare 2010 data for Hotaling to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Hotaling

The surname Hotaling is of Dutch origin, believed to have originated in the 17th century in the Netherlands. The name is thought to be derived from the Dutch words "hot" meaning "hot" and "aling" meaning "breath" or "vapor", possibly referring to someone who worked with hot ovens or furnaces.

In its earliest recorded instances, the name appeared as variants such as Hottelingh, Hotelinck, and Hottelink in Dutch records and documents from the 1600s. These early spellings suggest the name may have initially been an occupational surname given to individuals involved in professions like baking or metalworking.

The first known record of the Hotaling surname in the United States dates back to the late 17th century, when several individuals with the name immigrated from the Netherlands to the Dutch settlements in New Netherland (present-day New York). One of the earliest documented individuals with this surname was Johannes Hotaling, born around 1670, who settled in what is now Albany County, New York.

Another notable early bearer of the Hotaling name was Hendrick Hotaling, born in 1722 in Albany, New York. He served as a soldier during the French and Indian War and is recorded in muster rolls from that conflict.

In the 19th century, the Hotaling family established a successful distillery business in New York, with Joseph Hotaling (1807-1891) founding the J.A. Hotaling & Co. distillery in San Francisco in 1856. This company became one of the largest producers and distributors of whiskey in the western United States.

Other prominent individuals with the Hotaling surname include James Hotaling (1808-1876), a member of the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature, and William Hotaling (1810-1874), a pioneer settler and farmer in Michigan.

While the Hotaling name originated in the Netherlands, it has since spread to other parts of the world, particularly in areas with significant Dutch immigration and settlement, such as the United States and South Africa.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Hotaling

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Hotaling.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Hotaling was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Hotaling has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Hotaling was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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