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The surname Humble

A surname, carried by 4,588 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H514

Humble: #7,264 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Humble #7,264, 4,588 people Humble: #7,264 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Humble #7,264, 4,588 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Humble is more common than 95.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,588 people named Humble in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 67,294 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,393.

#7,264
rank among US surnames
4,588
people in 2010
1.6
per 100,000 Americans
+4.4%
change since 2000 (was #7,031)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#7,257Lohman4,59267,236
#7,258Futch4,59167,250
#7,261Beggs4,59067,265
#7,264Humble4,58867,294
#7,265Spikes4,58667,323
#7,268Fullmer4,58567,338

Who is named Humble

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

90% of people named Humble identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 90%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 5.5%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
  • Two or more races 1.2%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Humble

Humble has the Soundex code H514, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H514.

Questions

How common is the surname Humble?
4,588 people in the United States had the surname Humble in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,294 Americans. It ranked 7,264th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Humble?
In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Humble identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Humble getting more or less common?
More common. 4,393 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,588 in 2010, up 4.4%.