# Hume (surname)

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

A Scottish habitational surname from the village of Hume in Berwickshire.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,573 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,301 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 46,972 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.2% (6,724 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /hjuːm/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hume 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) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hume in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Hume

- Hamilton Hume, Australian explorer (1797–1873)
- Donald Hume, American rower (1915–2001)
- Benita Hume, British actress (1906–1967)

## Similar surnames

Hum, Huynh, Hahn, Hanna, Haney, Han, Hamm, Hannah, Ham, Heim, Hein, Haynie.

## 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.