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    The surname Humphreys

    A patronymic surname, carried by 13,895 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H516

    Humphreys: #2,593 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Humphreys #2,593, 13,895 people Humphreys: #2,593 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Humphreys #2,593, 13,895 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Humphreys is more common than 98.4% of them.

    Origin

    From Humphrey + -s (patronymic suffix).

    Humphreys is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 13,895 people named Humphreys in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,220 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,548.

    #2,593
    rank among US surnames
    13,895
    people in 2010
    4.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.6%
    change since 2000 (was #2,447)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,584Beam13,97222,097
    #2,585High13,96122,115
    #2,586Sebastian13,93422,158
    #2,587Donohue13,91922,182
    #2,588Moeller13,91522,188
    #2,589Luther13,90622,202
    #2,590Lofton13,90022,212

    Who is named Humphreys

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

    91% of people named Humphreys identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Humphreys

    Humphreys has the Soundex code H516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H516.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Humphreys come from?
    From Humphrey + -s (patronymic suffix).
    How common is the surname Humphreys?
    13,895 people in the United States had the surname Humphreys in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,220 Americans. It ranked 2,593rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Humphreys?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Humphreys identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Humphreys?
    Humphreys is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Humphreys getting more or less common?
    More common. 13,548 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,895 in 2010, up 2.6%.