# Huxley (surname)

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

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 590 |
| US rank (2010) | 37,691 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 523,298 people |
| Change since 2000 | +9.5% (539 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhʌksli/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the Old English personal name *Hucc + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). The first element could also be husc (“insult, scorn, mockery”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Huxley 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) | 92% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.5% |
| Two or more races | 4.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Huxley in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Huxley

- Thomas Henry Huxley, British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825–1895)
- Julian Huxley, British evolutionary biologist, philosopher, author (1887–1975)

## Similar surnames

Housley, Hughley, Huguley, Haskell, Hazel, Hassell, Higley, Heckel, Heasley, Hogle, Hysell, Hassel.

## 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.