# Dewhurst (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dewhurst/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 839 |
| US rank (2010) | 28,437 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 367,992 people |
| Change since 2000 | +9.2% (768 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Jewhurst |

## Etymology

Topographic surname from Lancashire, from Old English dēawig (“dewy”) + hyrst (“wooded hill”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dewhurst in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dewhurst in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Dewhurst

- Edward Dewhurst, Australian tennis player
- David Dewhurst, American businessman
- Wynford Dewhurst, British artist (1864-1941)

## Similar surnames

Durst, Dorsett, Drost, Drysdale, Darst, Drozd, Derossett, Droste, Derstine.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.