# Huff (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 55,484 |
| US rank (2010) | 612 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 5,565 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.0% (53,892 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /hʌf/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | Houff |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Huff 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) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Huff in the United States.

## People named Huff

- Jay Huff, American basketball player (born 1997)
- Brent Huff, American film director, actor and model
- Sam Huff, American football player (1934–2021)
- Leslie-Anne Huff, actress
- Louise Huff, American actress (1895–1973)
- Brad Huff, American cyclist
- Aubrey Huff, American baseball player
- Dann Huff, American record producer and songwriter
- Neal Huff, American actor
- David Huff, American baseball player
- Darrell Huff, American writer (1913–2001)

## Similar surnames

Hoff, Haff, Hope, Hoppe, Hovey, Hupp, Hipp, Hopp, Hobby, Hebb, Hove, Hepp.

## 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.