Hume is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Hume
No. of characters: 4
Origin: England
Meaning: Variant of Holme meaning meadow lands near or surrounded by water, grassy plains

How popular is Hume?

Hume is common in India.

Hume is ranked 18162 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Humes plummeted by 2.245687 per cent to 6573 since 2000 and slipped by 500 spots and ranked at 5301. The last name was found in around 22 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.99 92.79
Black 2.98 2.65
Hispanic or Latino 2.53 1.75
Others 1.99 1.28
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.87 0.91
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.64 0.62
Hume is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Scotland is ahead in terms of density. Around 28762 people have been found who wears Hume as their family name. Hume is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,568 Thailand8
5,318 China8
1,005 Cayman Islands7
318,252 Ukraine6
1,346 Bermuda6
114,007 Czech Republic4
46,068 Philippines3
19,452 Malaysia3
2,915 Paraguay3
10,329 Pakistan3
25,074 Greece3
35,789 Turkey3
119,730 Brazil3
3,340 Jamaica3
14,078 Japan3
8,995 Uganda2
3,014 Taiwan2
34,572 Israel2
50,640 Switzerland2
18,035 Egypt2
6,103 Cyprus2
1,169 New Caledonia2
34,681 Norway2
44,018 Poland2
14,621 Croatia2
20,172 Hungary1
7,191 Afghanistan1
28,746 Algeria1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
14,373 Jordan1
17,236 Ghana1
11,486 Estonia1
25,746 Finland1
10,958 Bangladesh1
6,149 Ethiopia1
4,171 Rwanda1
8,268 Mauritius1
2,877 Cuba1
3,307 Malta1
16,073 Latvia1
165,773 Belarus1
2,190 Barbados1
28,365 Kenya1
37,779 Serbia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,376 Singapore47
4,813 Hong Kong47
3,430 Trinidad and Tobago39
2,399 Costa Rica33
257,310 Russia31
8,720 Qatar29
643 United States Virgin Islands24
43,584 Zimbabwe24
42,407 Sweden22
94,051 Kazakhstan19
78,557 Netherlands13
393,760 Indonesia12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
35,826 Spain64
85,668 Italy56
29,438 Belgium52
Countries with hundreds of Hume:
775 New Zealand885
609 Northern Ireland537
9,028 Tanzania535
12,577 Argentina433
27,922 France355
3,072 Chile351
6,771 Peru328
43,536 Germany235
2,267 Ireland202
19,046 Mexico183
8,435 United Arab Emirates115
3,682 Wales102
Countries with thousands of Hume:
4,679 United States8,478
1,509 England5,254
1,143 Australia2,767
2,104 Canada2,405
3,228 South Africa2,009
489 Scotland1,759
30,222 India1,212
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Francis Hume worked as workman and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 35 years old embarked for USA from Glasgow on Mary Harrington and arrived on June 16, 1849. Mary Hume, William Hume, George Hume, Maid Margaret Hume, James Hume (30) Shoemaker, Anne Hume, aged 20, Nancy Hume, aged Born at sea, 20 years old George Hume, and 31 other Hume around 34.78% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and farmer, spinster migrated to US from Glasgow, Greenock, Belfast, Liverpool and Newry.

Comments

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Rosy Vacca
Hume is a rare surname, represents the original locality name humes high-marl name comes from the Gallic uxima, superlative uxo student, that is to say the highest place .

Hume Namesakes

  • John Hume Agnew, Politician
  • Allan Octavian Hume, Political figure
  • Allan Octavian Hume, Political figure
  • Allie Humenuk, Cinematographer
  • Peter Hume, Politician
  • Hugh Hume-Campbell, 3rd Earl of Marchmont, Politician
  • Marion Hume, Journalist
  • Angèle Humeau, Actress
  • Angèle Humeau, Actress
  • Harry Humes, Poet
  • In 2008, Tiffany Hume played the role of Taylor Cresencia in thriller film Crucifix Wizard.

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