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    The surname Humbles

    An English occupational surname, carried by 640 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H514

    Humbles: #35,203 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Humbles #35,203, 640 people Humbles: #35,203 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Humbles #35,203, 640 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Humbles is more common than 78.3% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Humbles is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    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 640 people named Humbles in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 482,415 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 579.

    #35,203
    rank among US surnames
    640
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.5%
    change since 2000 (was #36,463)

    Who is named Humbles

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

    49% of people named Humbles identified as Black (not Hispanic), 44% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.2% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 49%
    • White (not Hispanic) 44%
    • Two or more races 4.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Humbles

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

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Humbles come from?
    Probably a metonymic occupation surname for a venison butcher or sausage maker, from Middle English numbles (“entrails of a deer”).
    How common is the surname Humbles?
    640 people in the United States had the surname Humbles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 482,415 Americans. It ranked 35,203rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Humbles?
    In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Humbles identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 44% as white (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Humbles?
    Humbles is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Humbles getting more or less common?
    More common. 579 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 640 in 2010, up 11%.