The Houx surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 360 people carried this name — #56,710 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is up 5% from 343 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 193 people named Houx.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 35 people named Houx live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Houx,
with a public archive behind them.
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Frank L. Houx 1854–1941 · politician -
Bartholomeus Bernardus Houx 1965–
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Ludovic Houx 1976– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Houx.
- Houde 2,211 · U.S. census
- Houin 158 · U.S. census
- Houle 8,364 · U.S. census
- Houlette 227 · U.S. census
- Houpe 303 · U.S. census
- Houth 148 · U.S. census
- Houy 441 · U.S. census
- Houze 899 · U.S. census
- Hove 2,041 · U.S. census
- Hovhannisyan 637 · U.S. census
- Hovsepian 1,060 · U.S. census
- Howald 619 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Houx is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.