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    The surname Huitt

    An English patronymic surname, carried by 1,546 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H300

    Huitt: #18,043 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Huitt #18,043, 1,546 people Huitt: #18,043 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Huitt #18,043, 1,546 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Huitt is more common than 88.9% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From a Middle English diminutive of Hugh.

    Huitt is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    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 1,546 people named Huitt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 199,706 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,504.

    #18,043
    rank among US surnames
    1,546
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.8%
    change since 2000 (was #17,323)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,036Erhart1,547199,577
    #18,043Wadlington1,546199,706

    Who is named Huitt

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

    73% of people named Huitt identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 73%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 18%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 3.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Huitt

    Huitt has the Soundex code H300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H300.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Huitt come from?
    From a Middle English diminutive of Hugh.
    How common is the surname Huitt?
    1,546 people in the United States had the surname Huitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 199,706 Americans. It ranked 18,043rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Huitt?
    In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Huitt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Huitt?
    Huitt is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Huitt getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,504 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,546 in 2010, up 2.8%.