# Huerta (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/huerta/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 47,455 |
| US rank (2010) | 735 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 6,506 people |
| Change since 2000 | +42% (33,348 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Huerta.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Huerta in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 3.8% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 95% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Huerta in Mexico and the United States.

## People named Huerta

- Dolores Huerta, American labor leader (1930–2026)
- Sofia Huerta, American soccer player
- Roger Huerta, American mixed martial arts fighter

## Similar surnames

Hurt, Horta, Hurtt, Heart, Hert, Herdt, Howard, Hart, Hardy, Heard, Hurd, Heredia.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.