The Huckaby surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,723 people carried this name — #7,091 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 62,500 people counted. That is up 6% from 4,445 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Huckaby surname

A habitational surname, derived from the village of Huccaby in Devon, England.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Huckaby» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Huckaby in American newspapers,
1911–1923.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Huckaby
Evening Star 1923-10-26
Newspaper page from The San Francisco Call carrying the name Huckaby
The San Francisco Call 1911-11-19
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Huckaby
New-york Tribune 1919-05-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,228 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Huckaby in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1940s.

32 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Huckaby. The most, 10, date from the 1940s.

Articles, by state

Victoria 19
New South Wales 6
ACT (Canberra) 2
Western Australia 2
Queensland 1
South Australia 1
Tasmania 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Huckaby.

Who carried it

People named Huckaby,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Grover Huckaby 1884–1971 · head teacher
  • Elizabeth Huckaby 1905–1999 · teacher
  • Hank Huckaby 1941–2021 · politician
  • Mike Huckaby 1966–2020 · musician

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Huckaby,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States202 records

202 records of the Huckaby name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 154
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 45
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Newell C. Huckaby

    Born 1917 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1942 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin; office clerk from Walworth County, Wisconsin. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Darien Cemetery, Wisconsin.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Dwain Ray Huckaby

    U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1936, died 1961; buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Lillian S. Huckaby

    Born 1892 in Czechoslovakia. Registered as a foreign national in Dallas, Texas, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 202 records for Huckaby in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

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