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    The surname Huish

    An English place surname, carried by 639 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈhuːɪʃ/ 2 syllables Soundex H200

    Huish: #35,246 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Huish #35,246, 639 people Huish: #35,246 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Huish #35,246, 639 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Huish is more common than 78.3% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Middle English Hiwis, from Old English hīwisċ, hīwisċe. Originally, a word used to refer to families or households, in general.

    Huish is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 639 people named Huish in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 483,170 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 539.

    #35,246
    rank among US surnames
    639
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +18.6%
    change since 2000 (was #38,587)

    Who is named Huish

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

    91% of people named Huish identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Huish

    Huish has the Soundex code H200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H200.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Huish come from?
    From Middle English Hiwis, from Old English hīwisċ, hīwisċe. Originally, a word used to refer to families or households, in general.
    How common is the surname Huish?
    639 people in the United States had the surname Huish in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 483,170 Americans. It ranked 35,246th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Huish?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Huish identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    How do you pronounce Huish?
    Huish is /ˈhuːɪʃ/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Huish?
    Huish is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Huish getting more or less common?
    More common. 539 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 639 in 2010, up 19%.