The Hume surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,573 people carried this name — #5,301 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 44,800 people counted. That is down 2% from 6,724 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Hume surname
A Scottish habitational surname from Home in Berwickshire.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hume» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 10 births for the Hume name in 1890.
Most were registered in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 400 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. 2 of them were indexed under other spellings of the name. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Antrim.”
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 143 people named Hume.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Loiret.
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 Poland’s population register
60 people named Hume have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 73 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 54 people named Hume 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.
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 print
Hume in American newspapers,
1910–1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 302,458 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Hume,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alexander Hume d. 1765 · politician
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Audrey Noël Hume d. 1993 · archaeologist
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Alexander Hume d. 1682
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Elizabeth Hume d. 1909
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Elizabeth Naughton d. 1817
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Isabella Barbara Hume d. 1883
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hume.
- Hulbert 5,214 · U.S. census
- Hulin 1,535 · U.S. census
- Hum 1,029 · U.S. census
- Humann 432 · U.S. census
- Humbel 108 · U.S. census
- Humbert 4,321 · U.S. census
- Humel 150 · U.S. census
- Humm 732 · U.S. census
- Hummel 14,715 · U.S. census
- Hun 623 · U.S. census
- Hunckler 147 · U.S. census
- Hund 1,442 · U.S. census
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