# Humphrey (surname)

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

A surname originating as a patronymic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 49,056 |
| US rank (2010) | 705 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 6,294 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.3% (47,470 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhʌmfɹi/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Name of a 9th-century French saint, brought to England by Normans; Proto-Germanic *unnaną (“to grant, bestow”) + *friþuz (“peace”). In Ireland it has been used to Anglicize Irish Amhlaoibh (= Olaf).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Humphrey 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) | 71% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 23% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Similar surnames

Humphries, Humphreys, Hembree, Hambrick, Humbert, Hamburg, Hanford, Hambright, Hamburger, Hanover, Hannaford, Hanbury.

## 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.