The Huffman surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 50,786 people carried this name — #674 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 5,810 people counted. That is up 2% from 49,737 in 2000.

Look up another surname

Share

In the first U.S. census, 1790

In 1790, Huffman was counted together with Hoffman: 285 families in all.

Each family is counted by its head. About 1,711 people lived in those households, 6 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: Hoffman, Hafman, Hoafman, Hofeman, Hofemen, Hoffeman, Hoffmon, Hofman, Hoofman, Huffman, Hufman. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 147
New York 52
Maryland 33
Virginia 30
North Carolina 12
South Carolina 8
Massachusetts 1
Rhode Island 1
Connecticut 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 245 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Huffman in American newspapers,
1890–1936.

Newspaper page from New-York Tribune carrying the name Huffman
New-York Tribune 1890-01-29
Newspaper page from The Washington Daily News carrying the name Huffman
The Washington Daily News 1936-10-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 172,639 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Huffman in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1960s.

480 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Huffman. The most, 97, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 140
New South Wales 132
Victoria 125
South Australia 37
Western Australia 34
Tasmania 8
ACT (Canberra) 3

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

Who carried it

People named Huffman,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Torrence Huffman
    Torrence Huffman 1855–1928 · banker
  • James W. Huffman
    James W. Huffman 1894–1980 · politician
  • Iolas Huffman
    Iolas Huffman 1898–1989 · baseball player
  • Marvin Huffman
    Marvin Huffman 1917–1983 · basketball player
  • Dick Huffman
    Dick Huffman 1923–1992 · American football player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Iolas Huffman: DanHuffman, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 156 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Huffman,
in the records of 4 countries.

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 States2,597 records

2,597 records of the Huffman name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 1,793
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 596
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 92
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 55
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 38
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 11
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 7
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Marcus E. Huffman

    Born 1908 in Alabama. Enlisted 1944 at Fort McPherson Atlanta, Georgia; meat cutter from Mobile County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Mobile Memorial Gardens, Alabama.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Herbert D. Huffman

    Born 1933; from Genesee County, Michigan. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1952 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Carl Huffman

    Arrived at New York in 1852 aboard the Isaac Webb from Liverpool, aged 40; lawyer.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 2,597 records for Huffman 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands97 records

97 records of the Huffman name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 70
  • Dutch population registers 27
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Geertruida Gesina Huffman

    Born 1849 in Tubbergen. Married in 1876 in Arnhem. Died 1925 in Velp, aged 76.

    Open Archives, Collectie Overijssel locatie Zwolle (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Frederik Huffman

    Died 1855 in Wageningen, aged 52; labourer.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Rudolf Huffman

    In the population register of Heemstede; merchant, born 1849 in Werden, Germany.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 97 records for Huffman in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Canada46 records

46 records of the Huffman name in Canada
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 12
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 9
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 8
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 5
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 5
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 5
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Cyril William Huffman

    Died 2001, aged 81; buried at St. Vital Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Leonard Hurrell Huffman

    Died 1958 in Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Victor Alvin Huffman

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 46 records for Huffman in Canada.

Counts: City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia2 records

2 records of the Huffman name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Sidney J. Huffman

    Arrived in Victoria in 1854 aboard the Nightingale, aged 20; British subject.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jas Huffman

    Arrived in Victoria in 1862 aboard the Donald McKay, aged 27.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Huffman.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Huffman is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

See the Huffman volume
Scroll to Top