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    The surname Hume

    A place surname, carried by 6,573 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /hjuːm/ 1 syllable Soundex H500

    Hume: #5,301 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hume #5,301, 6,573 people Hume: #5,301 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hume #5,301, 6,573 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hume is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

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

    Hume is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,573 people named Hume in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,972 Americans. That is down 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,724.

    #5,301
    rank among US surnames
    6,573
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #4,801)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,295Beeman6,57846,936
    #5,297Wasserman6,57746,943
    #5,300Silverstein6,57646,950
    #5,301Hume6,57346,972
    #5,302Lowell6,56947,000
    #5,303Copley6,56847,008

    Who is named Hume

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

    91% of people named Hume identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Humes

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

    Notable Humes come mostly from Australia (1), the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hume

    Hume has the Soundex code H500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hume?
    6,573 people in the United States had the surname Hume in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,972 Americans. It ranked 5,301st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hume?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Hume identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Hume?
    Hamilton Hume, Australian explorer (1797–1873), followed by Donald Hume.
    Where is the surname Hume most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hume in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom.
    How do you pronounce Hume?
    Hume is /hjuːm/, one syllable.
    What type of surname is Hume?
    Hume is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Hume getting more or less common?
    Less common. 6,724 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,573 in 2010, down 2.2%.