The Hua surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,939 people carried this name — #5,052 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,600 people counted. That is up 31% from 5,280 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Hua surname
From Mandarin 花 (Huā) or Mandarin 華 /华 (Huà), which are likely cognate.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hua» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 224 people named Hua.
Most of them — 121 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
62 people named Hua live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 24 people named Hua live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
146 people named Hua is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Hua in American newspapers,
1894–1913.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 227,094 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Hua,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hoa Dung d. 256 · politician
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Yue Hua d. 1221
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Hua Mao d. 1397
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Hua Chuping d. 1127
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Hua Fengru d. 847
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Hua Mou d. 922
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hua.
- Howald 619 · U.S. census
- Howard 264,826 · U.S. census
- Hoy 9,196 · U.S. census
- Hoyer 3,589 · U.S. census
- Hoyos 3,694 · U.S. census
- Hu 19,999 · U.S. census
- Huan 248 · U.S. census
- Huang 72,328 · U.S. census
- Huard 1,360 · U.S. census
- Hube 148 · U.S. census
- Huber 37,170 · U.S. census
- Hubert 10,380 · U.S. census
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