# Huntington (surname)

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

An English habitational surname for someone who lived at any of several places whose name is derived from Old English hunta, hunter, especially from Huntingdon.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,306 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,831 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 42,259 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.5% (6,991 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhʌn.tɪŋ.tən/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Huntington 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) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Huntington in the United States.

## People named Huntington

- Samuel P. Huntington, American political scientist (1927–2008)
- Sam Huntington, American actor
- George Huntington, American physician (1850–1916); discoverer of Huntington's disease
- Ellsworth Huntington, American geographer (1876-1947)
- Samuel Huntington, American statesman; 18th Governor of Connecticut (1731-1796)
- Anna Hyatt Huntington, American sculptor (1876–1973)
- Henry E. Huntington, American businessman (1850–1927)
- Samuel Huntington, American politician; Governor of Ohio (1765-1817)
- Daniel Huntington, American artist (1816-1906)
- Collis Potter Huntington, American businessman (1821-1900)
- Edward Vermilye Huntington, American mathematician (1874-1952)
- Bob Huntington, American tennis player (1869-1949)

and 2 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Huntoon, Hinton, Hindman, Hendon, Hamdan, Henton, Hyndman, Hindmarsh.

## 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.