Last Name HUMPHREY

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son of Humphrey. The spelling of the name varied a lot. Sometimes lso it is set down as Unfrey, but the interchange of courtesies between 'n' and 'm' is common in nomenclature.
From 'Humfred,' that is, house-peace - a lovely and happy name.
Origin English, Anglo-Saxon, Jewish, Spanish, Irish, Belgian, South african

Rank 655 (2000 US census) 599 (1990 US census)
Count 47,470 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 74.03%, or 35142 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 21.94%, or 10415 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.33%, or 157 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.64%, or 304 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.56%, or 741 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.5%, or 712 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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