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The surname Huckstep

A surname, carried by 670 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H231

Huckstep: #33,941 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Huckstep #33,941, 670 people Huckstep: #33,941 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Huckstep #33,941, 670 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Huckstep is more common than 79.1% of them.

Origin

Uncertain. Often explained as derived ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Hoghstepe (literally “high steep”), which was also a surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 670 people named Huckstep in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 460,814 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 638.

#33,941
rank among US surnames
670
people in 2010
0.2
per 100,000 Americans
+5%
change since 2000 (was #33,690)

Who is named Huckstep

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

91% of people named Huckstep identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 91%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 5.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
  • Two or more races 1.0%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

Where does the surname Huckstep come from?
Uncertain. Often explained as derived ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Hoghstepe (literally “high steep”), which was also a surname.
How common is the surname Huckstep?
670 people in the United States had the surname Huckstep in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 460,814 Americans. It ranked 33,941st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Huckstep?
In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Huckstep identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Huckstep getting more or less common?
More common. 638 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 670 in 2010, up 5.0%.