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    The surname Huxley

    An English place surname, carried by 590 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈhʌksli/ 2 syllables Soundex H240 Also a first name

    Huxley: #37,691 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Huxley #37,691, 590 people Huxley: #37,691 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Huxley #37,691, 590 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Huxley is more common than 76.8% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Huxley is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 590 people named Huxley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 523,298 Americans. That is up 9.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 539.

    #37,691
    rank among US surnames
    590
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.5%
    change since 2000 (was #38,587)

    Who is named Huxley

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

    92% of people named Huxley identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as two or more races and 2.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Two or more races 4.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Huxleys

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Huxley

    Huxley has the Soundex code H240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H240.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Huxley come from?
    From the Old English personal name *Hucc + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). The first element could also be husc (“insult, scorn, mockery”).
    How common is the surname Huxley?
    590 people in the United States had the surname Huxley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 523,298 Americans. It ranked 37,691st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Huxley?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Huxley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Huxley?
    Thomas Henry Huxley, British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825–1895), followed by Julian Huxley.
    Where is the surname Huxley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Huxley in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    How do you pronounce Huxley?
    Huxley is /ˈhʌksli/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Huxley?
    Huxley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Huxley getting more or less common?
    More common. 539 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 590 in 2010, up 9.5%.
    Is Huxley also a first name?
    Yes. Huxley is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.