# Huxtable (surname)

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

A surname from Old English, now most associated with the upper middle class black family on The Cosby Show.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 670 |
| US rank (2010) | 33,941 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 460,814 people |
| Change since 2000 | +9.3% (613 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhʌkstəbəl/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Habitational surname typical of Devon, from Old English hoc (“hook or spur of land”) + stapol (“post”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Huxtable 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Huxtable in the United States.

## People named Huxtable

- Ada Louise Huxtable, American architecture writer (1921–2013)

## Similar surnames

Huckstep.

## 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.