Explore the Family Name Hucks

The meaning of Hucks

1. English: variant of Huck, with post-medieval excrescent -s. 2. English: variant of Hooks. 3. German: patronymic from Huck.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Hucks in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Hucks demonstrated a slight decrease in its rank from 13,613 in 2000 to 14,398 in 2010, representing a change of -5.77. Despite this decline in popularity ranking, the actual count of individuals with the Hucks surname increased by 1.52% during the same time period, from 2,045 to 2,076 people. However, when considering the proportion per 100,000 people, Hucks experienced a decrease of -7.89%, moving from 0.76 in 2000 to 0.7 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#13,613	#14,398	-5.77%
Count	2,045	2,076	1.52%
Proportion per 100k	0.76	0.7	-7.89%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Hucks

When exploring the ethnic identity associated with the surname Hucks according to the Decennial U.S. Census, the largest group in both 2000 and 2010 identified as White, with only a slight decrease from 83.77% to 83.67%. The second most common ethnicity was Black, although its representation decreased marginally from 13.55% to 13.15% over the decade. Interestingly, those who identified as Hispanic saw a significant increase of 53.85%, albeit from a small base of 0.78% in 2000 to 1.20% in 2010. In 2010, there was also a minor presence of Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian/Alaskan Native identities within the Hucks surname holders, each making up less than half a percent of the total. Those identifying with two or more races remained relatively stable at around 1.3%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	83.77%	83.67%	-0.12%
Black	13.55%	13.15%	-2.95%
Two or More Races	1.32%	1.3%	-1.52%
Hispanic	0.78%	1.2%	53.85%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.39%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.29%	0%