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    The surname Husbands

    A surname, carried by 1,181 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H215

    Husbands: #21,972 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Husbands #21,972, 1,181 people Husbands: #21,972 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Husbands #21,972, 1,181 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Husbands is more common than 86.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,181 people named Husbands in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 261,427 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,071.

    #21,972
    rank among US surnames
    1,181
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.3%
    change since 2000 (was #22,427)

    Who is named Husbands

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

    53% of people named Husbands identified as white (not Hispanic), 41% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 53%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 41%
    • Two or more races 2.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Husbands

    Husbands has the Soundex code H215, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H215.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Husbands?
    1,181 people in the United States had the surname Husbands in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 261,427 Americans. It ranked 21,972nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Husbands?
    In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Husbands identified as white (not Hispanic), and 41% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Husbands getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,071 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,181 in 2010, up 10%.