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    The surname Hunte

    A surname, carried by 1,628 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H530

    Hunte: #17,356 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hunte #17,356, 1,628 people Hunte: #17,356 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hunte #17,356, 1,628 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hunte is more common than 89.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,628 people named Hunte in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 189,647 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,332.

    #17,356
    rank among US surnames
    1,628
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +22.2%
    change since 2000 (was #18,947)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,356Hunte1,628189,647
    #17,359Tussey1,627189,764

    Who is named Hunte

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

    75% of people named Hunte identified as Black (not Hispanic), 12% as white (not Hispanic) and 7.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 75%
    • White (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.6%
    • Two or more races 3.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Huntes

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Heather Hunte
      British athlete, born 1959

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hunte

    Hunte has the Soundex code H530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H530.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hunte?
    1,628 people in the United States had the surname Hunte in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 189,647 Americans. It ranked 17,356th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hunte?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Hunte identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 12% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Hunte?
    Heather Hunte, British athlete.
    Where is the surname Hunte most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hunte in the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Hunte getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,332 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,628 in 2010, up 22%.