The Huys surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 119 people carried this name — #140,157 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is up 11% from 107 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,663 people named Huys live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in West Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 174 people named Huys.
28 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Nord.
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.
Who carried it
People named Huys,
with a public archive behind them.
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Modest Huys 1874–1932 · painter -
Pieter Huys 1519–1584 · painter
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Frans Huys 1522–1562 · publisher
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Joannes-Franciscus Huys 1781–1870 · local politician
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Edouard François Huys 1822–1884 · priest
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Victor Huys 1829–1905 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Huys.
- Huver 341 · U.S. census
- Huwer 111 · U.S. census
- Huy 613 · U.S. census
- Huyard 271 · U.S. census
- Huyghe 237 · U.S. census
- Huynh 54,996 · U.S. census
- Huysman 157 · U.S. census
- Hy 835 · U.S. census
- Hyacinthe 556 · U.S. census
- Hyon 376 · U.S. census
- Hypolite 899 · U.S. census
- Hyppolite 1,567 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Huys 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.