The surname Huh
A Korean surname, carried by 2,429 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈhʌ/ 1 syllable Soundex H000
Origin
Korean origin
Borrowed from Korean 허(許) (Heo).
One of 42 Korean surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,429 people named Huh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 127,108 Americans. That is up 30% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,867.
Who is named Huh
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Huh identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 94%
- White (not Hispanic) 2.6%
- Two or more races 1.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Huh has the Soundex code H000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H000.
Other Korean surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Huh come from?
- Borrowed from Korean 허(許) (Heo).
- How common is the surname Huh?
- 2,429 people in the United States had the surname Huh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,108 Americans. It ranked 12,711th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Huh?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Huh identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.6% as white (not Hispanic).
- How do you pronounce Huh?
- Huh is /ˈhʌ/, one syllable.
- Is the surname Huh getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,867 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,429 in 2010, up 30%.