The Huerta surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 47,455 people carried this name — #735 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 6,220 people counted. That is up 42% from 33,348 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 3,951 people named Huerta 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 101 people named Huerta.
46 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Gironde.
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
68 people named Huerta live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 the Nordic population registers
29 people named Huerta 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
Huerta in American newspapers,
1914–1915.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 126,759 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Huerta,
with a public archive behind them.
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Trinidad Huerta 1800–1874 · composer -
Epitacio Huerta 1827–1904 · military personnel -
Pascual Ortiz de Ayala y Huerta 1830–1912 · lawyer -
Félix Huerta y Huerta 1844–1926 · businessperson -
Luis Huerta Urrutia 1850–1921 · military personnel
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 164 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Huerta.
When the index is not enough
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