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    The surname Huntley

    A surname, carried by 12,614 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H534

    Huntley: #2,858 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Huntley #2,858, 12,614 people Huntley: #2,858 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Huntley #2,858, 12,614 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Huntley is more common than 98.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,614 people named Huntley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,476 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,175.

    #2,858
    rank among US surnames
    12,614
    people in 2010
    4.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.6%
    change since 2000 (was #2,715)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,849Benavidez12,64824,411
    #2,850Garber12,64024,426
    #2,852Lerma12,63924,428
    #2,853Alcantara12,63624,434
    #2,854Houck12,63424,438
    #2,855Seitz12,63024,445
    #2,856Schubert12,62924,447

    Who is named Huntley

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

    68% of people named Huntley identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 68%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 27%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Huntleys

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Chet Huntley
      American broadcaster (1911–1974)
    • Noah Huntley
      British actor, born 1974
    • Joni Huntley
      American high jumper (born 1956)
    • Fred Huntley
      Actor, Film director (1862-1931)

    Notable Huntleys come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (2).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Huntley

    Huntley has the Soundex code H534, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H534.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Huntley?
    12,614 people in the United States had the surname Huntley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,476 Americans. It ranked 2,858th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Huntley?
    In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Huntley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Huntley?
    Chet Huntley, American broadcaster (1911–1974), followed by Noah Huntley.
    Where is the surname Huntley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Huntley in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Huntley getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,175 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,614 in 2010, up 3.6%.