How common is the surname Hunnicutt?

4,690 people in the United States had the surname Hunnicutt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,831 Americans. It ranked 7,130th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hunnicutt?

Gayle Hunnicutt, American actress (1943–2023), followed by Arthur Hunnicutt.

Where is the surname Hunnicutt most common?

Wikidata records people named Hunnicutt in the United States.

Is the surname Hunnicutt getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,729 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,690 in 2010, down 0.8%.

The surname Hunnicutt

A surname, carried by 4,690 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex H523

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hunnicutt is more common than 95.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,690 people named Hunnicutt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 65,831 Americans. That is down 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,729.

#7,130

rank among US surnames

4,690

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.8%

change since 2000 (was #6,611)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,126	Menefee	4,695	65,760
#7,128	Newson	4,693	65,789
#7,129	Holst	4,691	65,817
#7,130	Hunnicutt	4,690	65,831
#7,132	Schulman	4,689	65,845

Who is named Hunnicutt

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

87% of people named Hunnicutt identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hunnicutts

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gayle Hunnicutt
American actress (1943–2023)
Arthur Hunnicutt
Actor (1910-1979)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hunnicutt

Huneycutt

Hunnicutt has the Soundex code H523, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H523.

Questions

How common is the surname Hunnicutt?: 4,690 people in the United States had the surname Hunnicutt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,831 Americans. It ranked 7,130th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hunnicutt?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Hunnicutt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hunnicutt?: Gayle Hunnicutt, American actress (1943–2023), followed by Arthur Hunnicutt.
Where is the surname Hunnicutt most common?: Wikidata records people named Hunnicutt in the United States.
Is the surname Hunnicutt getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,729 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,690 in 2010, down 0.8%.