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    The surname Huxtable

    An English place surname, carried by 670 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈhʌkstəbəl/ 3 syllables Soundex H231

    Huxtable: #33,941 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Huxtable #33,941, 670 people Huxtable: #33,941 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Huxtable #33,941, 670 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Huxtable is more common than 79.1% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Huxtable 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 670 people named Huxtable in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 460,814 Americans. That is up 9.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 613.

    #33,941
    rank among US surnames
    670
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.3%
    change since 2000 (was #34,856)

    Who is named Huxtable

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

    90% of people named Huxtable identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.9%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Huxtables

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ada Louise Huxtable
      American architecture writer (1921–2013)

    Other English surnames

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    Questions

    Where does the surname Huxtable come from?
    Habitational surname typical of Devon, from Old English hoc (“hook or spur of land”) + stapol (“post”).
    How common is the surname Huxtable?
    670 people in the United States had the surname Huxtable in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 460,814 Americans. It ranked 33,941st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Huxtable?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Huxtable identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Huxtable?
    Ada Louise Huxtable, American architecture writer (1921–2013).
    Where is the surname Huxtable most common?
    Wikidata records people named Huxtable in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Huxtable?
    Huxtable is /ˈhʌkstəbəl/, 3 syllables.
    What type of surname is Huxtable?
    Huxtable is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Huxtable getting more or less common?
    More common. 613 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 670 in 2010, up 9.3%.