Huat
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Huat is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Malaysia than in any other country.
- SGSingapore≈1 in 7.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 9.8K
- KHCambodia≈1 in 45K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Malaysia (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 82 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 7.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,300 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Singapore, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Huat counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MY Malaysia | #171 | ≈3,300 est. | ≈1 in 9.8K | — | Huat | 82 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 192K | — | Huat | 48 |
| SG Singapore | #221 | ≈830 est. | ≈1 in 7.5K | — | Huat | 71 |
| CN China | — | ≈720 est. | ≈1 in 1.9M | — | Huat | 13 |
| KH Cambodia | — | ≈380 est. | ≈1 in 45K | — | Huat | 8 |
| FR France | — | ≈210 est. | ≈1 in 318K | 28 | — | — |
| BE Belgium | — | 3 | 1 in 3.9M | 3 | — | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Huat is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In bbc, strong, fast, as a horse (said to be from )
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In chl, The iodine bush, Allenrolfea occidentalis
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In bgi, comb
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ouyang Fab. 1040not in their usual nameSong dynasty person CBDB=7308
- King Wu of Zhoub. 1150CNnot in their usual namefounder of China's Zhou dynasty
- Danny Pang Fatb. 1965CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong screenwriter and film director
- Fa of Xianot in their usual name16th Chinese king of Xia Dynasty
- Huang Fanot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 317668
- Yang FaCNnot in their usual nameTang dynasty person CBDB = 22496
- Miao Fanot in their usual nameTang dynasty person CBDB = 93671
- Wang Fanot in their usual nameSong dynasty person CBDB = 36862
- Zhai Fanot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 325576
- Zhang Fanot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 130537
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 5 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 42 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 37 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 34 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 34 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 32 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 28 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 23 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 21 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 16 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 11 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 10 | — |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 3 | #127,303 |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- In which country does Huat have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.3 thousand people named Huat in Malaysia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled huat.
- How common is the name Huat?
- In Belgium, the national register counted 3 people named Huat in 2008, about 1 in 3.9 million residents.
- How common is Huat compared with other names?
- In Malaysia, Huat is the 171st most common surname of 291,743 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Huat?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/huatThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Huat” — the 171st most common surname in Malaysia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.