How common is the surname Huntsman?

4,187 people in the United States had the surname Huntsman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,739 Americans. It ranked 7,905th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Huntsman?

Jon Meade Huntsman Jr., American politician, businessman and diplomat (born 1960), followed by Jon Meade Huntsman Sr..

Where is the surname Huntsman most common?

Wikidata records people named Huntsman in the United States.

Is the surname Huntsman getting more or less common?

More common. 3,953 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,187 in 2010, up 5.9%.

The surname Huntsman

A surname, carried by 4,187 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H532

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Huntsman is more common than 95.1% of them.

Origin

From huntsman.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,187 people named Huntsman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 73,739 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,953.

#7,905

rank among US surnames

4,187

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5.9%

change since 2000 (was #7,749)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,900	Waldon	4,190	73,686
#7,903	Sikorski	4,189	73,704
#7,904	Sutphin	4,188	73,721
#7,905	Huntsman	4,187	73,739

Who is named Huntsman

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

91% of people named Huntsman identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Huntsmans

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jon Meade Huntsman Jr.
American politician, businessman and diplomat (born 1960)
Jon Meade Huntsman Sr.
American businessman and philanthropist (1937–2018)
Abby Huntsman
American journalist and television personality, born 1986

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Huntsman

Huntsman has the Soundex code H532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H532.

Questions

Where does the surname Huntsman come from?: From huntsman.
How common is the surname Huntsman?: 4,187 people in the United States had the surname Huntsman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,739 Americans. It ranked 7,905th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Huntsman?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Huntsman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Huntsman?: Jon Meade Huntsman Jr., American politician, businessman and diplomat (born 1960), followed by Jon Meade Huntsman Sr..
Where is the surname Huntsman most common?: Wikidata records people named Huntsman in the United States.
Is the surname Huntsman getting more or less common?: More common. 3,953 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,187 in 2010, up 5.9%.