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    The surname Hua

    A surname, carried by 6,939 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H000

    Hua: #5,052 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hua #5,052, 6,939 people Hua: #5,052 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hua #5,052, 6,939 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hua is more common than 96.9% of them.

    Origin

    From Mandarin 花 (Huā) or Mandarin 華 /华 (Huà), which are likely cognate.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,939 people named Hua in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,494 Americans. That is up 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,280.

    #5,052
    rank among US surnames
    6,939
    people in 2010
    2.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +31.4%
    change since 2000 (was #6,005)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,043Heffernan6,96144,354
    #5,045Real6,95944,366
    #5,046Yeh6,95844,373
    #5,047Beeson6,95244,411
    #5,048Beardsley6,95044,424
    #5,049Woolsey6,94944,430
    #5,050Apple6,94844,437

    Who is named Hua

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    96% of people named Hua identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 96%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Famous Huas

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Hua Guofeng
      2nd Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, 2nd Premier of the People's Republic of China, 1921–2008

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hua

    Hua has the Soundex code H000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H000.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hua come from?
    From Mandarin 花 (Huā) or Mandarin 華 /华 (Huà), which are likely cognate.
    How common is the surname Hua?
    6,939 people in the United States had the surname Hua in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,494 Americans. It ranked 5,052nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hua?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hua identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.5% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Hua?
    Hua Guofeng, 2nd Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, 2nd Premier of the People's Republic of China.
    Where is the surname Hua most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hua in the People's Republic of China.
    Is the surname Hua getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,280 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,939 in 2010, up 31%.