# Humbles (surname)

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

A surname from Middle English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 640 |
| US rank (2010) | 35,203 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 482,415 people |
| Change since 2000 | +11% (579 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Probably a metonymic occupation surname for a venison butcher or sausage maker, from Middle English numbles (“entrails of a deer”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Humbles 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) | 44% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 49% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Two or more races | 4.2% |

## Similar surnames

Humble, Hamblen, Hemphill, Hamblin, Hempel, Hambleton, Hannibal, Hampel, Hambly.

## 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.