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    The surname Hucks

    A patronymic surname, carried by 2,076 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H200

    Hucks: #14,398 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hucks #14,398, 2,076 people Hucks: #14,398 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hucks #14,398, 2,076 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hucks is more common than 91.1% of them.

    Origin

    Patronymic from Huck.

    Hucks is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,076 people named Hucks in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 148,721 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,045.

    #14,398
    rank among US surnames
    2,076
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.5%
    change since 2000 (was #13,613)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,392Pelt2,077148,650
    #14,398Hucks2,076148,721
    #14,405Jared2,075148,793

    Who is named Hucks

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

    84% of people named Hucks identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hucks

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hucks come from?
    Patronymic from Huck.
    How common is the surname Hucks?
    2,076 people in the United States had the surname Hucks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,721 Americans. It ranked 14,398th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hucks?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Hucks identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Hucks?
    Hucks is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Hucks getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,045 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,076 in 2010, up 1.5%.