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    The surname Huston

    A surname, carried by 16,435 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H235

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Huston is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,435 people named Huston in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,786 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 16,364.

    #2,218
    rank among US surnames
    16,435
    people in 2010
    5.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.4%
    change since 2000 (was #2,030)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,209Lincoln16,47718,738
    #2,210Tamayo16,47418,741
    #2,211Perdue16,46418,753
    #2,212Easley16,45918,758
    #2,213O'Rourke16,45718,761
    #2,215Rincon16,45518,763
    #2,216Abernathy16,45018,769

    Who is named Huston

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

    87% of people named Huston identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hustons

    6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • John Huston
      American film director, screenwriter, and actor (1906–1987)
    • Anjelica Huston
      American actress (born 1951)
    • Danny Huston
      American actor, director, born 1962
    • Jack Huston
      British actor, born 1982
    • Nyjah Huston
      American skateboarder, born 1994
    • Virginia Huston
      American actress (1925-1981)

    Notable Hustons come mostly from the United States (5) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Huston

    Huston has the Soundex code H235, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H235.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Huston?
    16,435 people in the United States had the surname Huston in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,786 Americans. It ranked 2,218th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Huston?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Huston identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Huston?
    John Huston, American film director, screenwriter, and actor (1906–1987), followed by Anjelica Huston.
    Where is the surname Huston most common?
    Wikidata records people named Huston in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Huston getting more or less common?
    More common. 16,364 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,435 in 2010, up 0.4%.