How common is the surname Huck?

4,421 people in the United States had the surname Huck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,836 Americans. It ranked 7,525th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Huck?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Huck identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Huck?

Luciano Huck, Brazilian TV presenter, followed by Winnifred Sprague Mason Huck.

Where is the surname Huck most common?

Wikidata records people named Huck in Brazil and the United States.

Is the surname Huck getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,596 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,421 in 2010, down 3.8%.

The surname Huck

An English surname, carried by 4,421 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Huck is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

English origin

* As an English surname, from Middle English Hucke, possibly from Old English *Hucca, *Ucca, personal names, and over time influenced by Hugh. * As a Dutch and German surname, from a pet form of Hugo.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,421 people named Huck in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,836 Americans. That is down 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,596.

#7,525

rank among US surnames

4,421

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

-3.8%

change since 2000 (was #6,760)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,519	Tarrant	4,425	69,773
#7,520	Pell	4,424	69,789
#7,524	Judson	4,422	69,820
#7,525	Huck	4,421	69,836
#7,528	Danley	4,420	69,852

Who is named Huck

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

95% of people named Huck identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hucks

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Luciano Huck
Brazilian TV presenter, born 1971
Winnifred Sprague Mason Huck
American politician, 1882–1936
Angélica
Brazilian recording artist, singer, actress and television presenter, born 1973

Notable Hucks come mostly from Brazil (2) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Huck

Huck has the Soundex code H200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H200.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Huck come from?: * As an English surname, from Middle English Hucke, possibly from Old English *Hucca, *Ucca, personal names, and over time influenced by Hugh. * As a Dutch and German surname, from a pet form of Hugo.
How common is the surname Huck?: 4,421 people in the United States had the surname Huck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,836 Americans. It ranked 7,525th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Huck?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Huck identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Huck?: Luciano Huck, Brazilian TV presenter, followed by Winnifred Sprague Mason Huck.
Where is the surname Huck most common?: Wikidata records people named Huck in Brazil and the United States.
Is the surname Huck getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,596 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,421 in 2010, down 3.8%.