Huertas Family Crest & Name History

The last name Huertas is a variant form of Huerta, a well-known Spanish family name. Taken at its root, Huertas points to “Orchard, garden”. Huertas adds “s” to Huerta, a small change that appeared as the name was written down. Related forms: Uerta.

In Spain, the INE population register lists 12,946 people with Huertas as their first surname and 12,565 as their second. In the 2010 US Census, 4,235 Americans gave Huertas as their last name (rank 7,816). Of these, 91% identified as Hispanic or Latino.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Huertas, so the heraldry linked to Huerta is a starting point, not an automatic right. Want more than a summary? See the Huertas family name pack.