Huys
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/həɪz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Huys is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Belgium than in any other country.
- FRFrance≈1 in 242K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 2.8M
- BEBelgium1 in 5.3K
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.
- Belgium (measured from records)
- Sources
- 123 (measured from records)
- 1 in 5.3K (inferred from the name graph)
2,211 people, 2008
Highest-authority source
Belgium
measured from records inferred from the name graph
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)
Huys 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE Belgium | #872 | 2,211 | 1 in 5.3K | 2.2K | Huys | 73 |
| FR France | — | ≈280 est. | ≈1 in 242K | 38 | Huys | 123 |
| US United States | — | 119 | 1 in 2.8M | 124 | Huys | 97 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 762K | — | Huys | 34 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈93 est. | ≈1 in 405K | — | Huys | 41 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 79 | 1 in 219K | 79 | Huys | 23 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈38 est. | ≈1 in 231K | — | Huys | 6 |
2,211 people counted by Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register), 2008. 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: Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Pieter Huysb. 1519BEpainter from the Southern Netherlands (1519-1584)
- Frans Huysb. 1522BEFlemish printmaker and draughtsman (1522–1562)
- Modest Huysb. 1874BEFlemish painter (1874-1932)
- Bernhard Huysb. 1895DEGerman painter (1895-1973)
- Lambert Huysb. 1908DEGerman politician (1908-1992)
- Mario Huysb. 1959BEBelgian triathlete
- Paul Huys Janssenb. 1960NLart historian
- Rony Huysb. 1961BEBelgian biologist and entomologist
- Twan Huysb. 1964NLDutch journalist
- Laurens Huysb. 1998BEBelgian cyclist
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)
Attested in 15 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 2.2K | #443 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 2K | #476 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 124 | #139,059 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 119 | #140,157 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 107 | #142,819 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 79 | #22,702 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 47 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 45 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 45 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 44 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 38 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 36 | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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
- How do you pronounce Huys?
- A machine transcription gives /həɪz/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Huys have the most bearers?
- In Belgium, the national register counted about 2.2 thousand people named Huys, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled huys.
- Where is Huys most common?
- Huys is densest in Belgium, where the national register counts about 1 in 5.3 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Huys?
- In Belgium, the national register counted 2,211 people named Huys in 2008, about 1 in 5.3 thousand residents.
- How common is Huys compared with other names?
- In Belgium, Huys is the 872nd most common surname of 246,397 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Huys?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/huysThe 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), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Huys” — the 872nd most common surname in Belgium. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.