Humm surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Humm surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 732 people carried this name — #31,587 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 400,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 703 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

341 people named Humm live in Switzerland.

They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 103
Aargau 87
St. Gallen 24
Bern 22
Lucerne 18
Vaud 16
Basel-Stadt 13
Solothurn 12

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 51 people named Humm.

Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Haut-Rhin 33
Vosges 8
Bas-Rhin 7
Côte-d’Or 1
Doubs 1
Meurthe-et-Moselle 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Who carried it

People named Humm,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Frances Dorris
    Frances Dorris 1904– · zoologist
  • Jane H. Humm d. 2013 · biologist
  • Rudolf Jakob Humm 1895–1977 · writer
  • Kathryn A. Humm 1898–
  • Werner Humm 1904–1972 · entrepreneur
  • Albert Humm 1910–1984 · editor

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Humm 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.

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