Humphries
surname · Latin script
Meaning: A surname originating as a patronymic
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 16 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020
Humphries is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 7.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 8.1K
- CACanada≈1 in 17K
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.
- United States (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 406 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 7.5K (inferred from the name graph)
18,201 people, 2010
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
United Kingdom, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)A surname originating as a patronymic.
Cited for this meaning 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Humphries 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 18,201 | 1 in 18K | 18K | Humphries | 406 |
| GB United Kingdom | #582 | ≈8,800 est. | ≈1 in 7.5K | — | Humphries | 252 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈3,200 est. | ≈1 in 84K | — | Humphries | 9 |
| AU Australia | #735 | ≈3,200 est. | ≈1 in 8.1K | — | Humphries | 170 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈2,900 est. | ≈1 in 36K | — | Humphries | 7 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈2,200 est. | ≈1 in 17K | — | Humphries | 159 |
| NZ New Zealand | #803 | ≈490 est. | ≈1 in 10K | — | Humphries | 72 |
| IE Ireland | — | ≈360 est. | ≈1 in 15K | — | Humphries | 55 |
18,201 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. 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)Humphries is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, ‘son of Humphrey’
as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
patronymic from Humphrey.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
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)- Barry Humphriesb. 1934AUAustralian comedian and actor (1934–2023)
- Roger Humphriesb. 1944USAmerican musician
- Christopher John Humphriesb. 1947GBBritish botanist (1947-2009)
- Tony Humphriesb. 1957USAmerican disc jockey
- Gary Humphriesb. 1958AUAustralian politician
- Jay Humphriesb. 1962USAmerican basketball player-coach
- Sam Humphriesb. 1977USAmerican comic book writer
- Kris Humphriesb. 1985USAmerican basketball player (born 1985)
- Kaillie Humphriesb. 1985CACanadian and American bobsledder
- Isaac Humphriesb. 1998AUAustralian basketball player (born 1998)
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).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)27 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 16 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 18K | #1,981 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 18K | #1,857 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 17K | #2,065 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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
- What does the name Humphries mean, and where does it come from?
- A surname originating as a patronymic. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Humphries have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 18 thousand people named Humphries, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled humphries.
- How common is the name Humphries?
- In the United States, the national register counted 18,201 people named Humphries in 2010, about 1 in 18 thousand residents.
- How common is Humphries compared with other names?
- In the United Kingdom, Humphries is the 582nd most common surname of 1,272,424 surnames recorded there.
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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, “Humphries” — the 582nd most common surname in United Kingdom. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.