Find out how popular the last name Huda is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Huda.

Huda, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Huda surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Huda in America

Huda is the 26887th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Huda surname appeared 903 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Huda.

We can also compare 2010 data for Huda to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Huda

The surname Huda is of Arabic origin and can be traced back to the 7th century AD in the Arabian Peninsula. It is derived from the Arabic word "huda," which means "guidance" or "righteousness." The name was likely given to individuals who were considered pious and guided by Islamic teachings.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Huda can be found in the writings of renowned Muslim scholars and historians from the 8th and 9th centuries. It is mentioned in works such as the "Kitab al-Aghani" by Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani, which is a collection of biographies and anecdotes about famous poets and musicians.

The name Huda gained prominence during the Abbasid Caliphate, which ruled the Islamic world from 750 to 1258 AD. Several notable figures from this period bore the name, including Huda al-Basri (d. 920 AD), a renowned Islamic scholar and poet from Basra, and Huda al-Kindi (d. 873 AD), a mathematician and philosopher from Kufa.

As the Islamic empires expanded, the name Huda spread to various regions, including parts of North Africa, the Iberian Peninsula, and Central Asia. In the 11th century, it appeared in the "Cantar de Mio Cid," a Spanish epic poem that recounts the exploits of the Castilian nobleman Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, known as El Cid. The poem mentions a character named Huda, who was a Moorish leader in Valencia.

During the Ottoman Empire, which ruled from the 14th to the early 20th century, the name Huda was commonly found in the court records and historical documents of the empire. One notable figure was Huda Pasha (1663-1703), an Ottoman grand vizier who served under Sultan Mustafa II.

In the 19th century, the name Huda gained popularity among Arab intellectuals and reformers during the Nahda, or the Arab Renaissance. One prominent figure was Huda Shaarawi (1879-1947), an Egyptian feminist and nationalist leader who played a crucial role in the women's rights movement in Egypt and the Arab world.

Other notable individuals with the surname Huda include Huda Shaarawi (1879-1947), an Egyptian feminist and nationalist leader; Huda Ammash (1904-1957), a Palestinian poet and writer; and Huda Salman Yaaqub (1942-2011), an Iraqi writer and journalist.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Huda

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Huda.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Huda was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Huda has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Huda was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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