How common is the surname Dewhurst?

839 people in the United States had the surname Dewhurst in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 367,992 Americans. It ranked 28,437th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dewhurst?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Dewhurst identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Dewhurst?

Edward Dewhurst, Australian tennis player, followed by David Dewhurst.

Where is the surname Dewhurst most common?

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

Is the surname Dewhurst getting more or less common?

More common. 768 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 839 in 2010, up 9.2%.

The surname Dewhurst

A place surname, carried by 839 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D623

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dewhurst is more common than 82.5% of them.

Origin

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

Dewhurst is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 839 people named Dewhurst in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 367,992 Americans. That is up 9.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 768.

#28,437

rank among US surnames

839

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+9.2%

change since 2000 (was #29,069)

Who is named Dewhurst

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Dewhurst identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dewhursts

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Edward Dewhurst
Australian tennis player, 1870–1941
David Dewhurst
American businessman, born 1945
Wynford Dewhurst
British artist (1864-1941)

Notable Dewhursts come mostly from Australia (1), the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Jewhurst

Surnames that sound like Dewhurst

Durst

Dewhurst has the Soundex code D623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D623.

Questions

Where does the surname Dewhurst come from?: Topographic surname from Lancashire, from Old English dēawig (“dewy”) + hyrst (“wooded hill”).
How common is the surname Dewhurst?: 839 people in the United States had the surname Dewhurst in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 367,992 Americans. It ranked 28,437th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dewhurst?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Dewhurst identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Dewhurst?: Edward Dewhurst, Australian tennis player, followed by David Dewhurst.
Where is the surname Dewhurst most common?: Wikidata records people named Dewhurst in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Dewhurst?: Dewhurst is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Dewhurst getting more or less common?: More common. 768 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 839 in 2010, up 9.2%.
What are other spellings of Dewhurst?: Jewhurst.