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    The surname Huerta

    A Spanish surname, carried by 47,455 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H630

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Huerta is more common than 99.5% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Huerta.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 47,455 people named Huerta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,506 Americans. That is up 42% since 2000, when the Census counted 33,348.

    #735
    rank among US surnames
    47,455
    people in 2010
    16
    per 100,000 Americans
    +42.3%
    change since 2000 (was #959)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #726Vang48,0366,427
    #727Walter48,0246,429
    #728Henson48,0136,430
    #729O'Neal47,9796,435
    #730Mosley47,9636,437
    #731McClure47,7426,467
    #732Beasley47,6936,474

    Who is named Huerta

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

    95% of people named Huerta identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.8% as white (not Hispanic).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Huertas

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Dolores Huerta
      American labor leader (1930–2026)
    • Sofia Huerta
      American soccer player, born 1992
    • Roger Huerta
      American mixed martial arts fighter, born 1983

    Notable Huertas come mostly from Mexico (2) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Huerta

    Huerta has the Soundex code H630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H630.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Huerta come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Huerta.
    How common is the surname Huerta?
    47,455 people in the United States had the surname Huerta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,506 Americans. It ranked 735th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Huerta?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Huerta identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Huerta?
    Dolores Huerta, American labor leader (1930–2026), followed by Sofia Huerta.
    Where is the surname Huerta most common?
    Wikidata records people named Huerta in Mexico and the United States.
    Is the surname Huerta getting more or less common?
    More common. 33,348 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 47,455 in 2010, up 42%.