How common is the surname Hirst?

3,630 people in the United States had the surname Hirst in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,054 Americans. It ranked 9,011th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hirst?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hirst identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hirst?

Edmund Hirst, British chemist (1898-1975).

Where is the surname Hirst most common?

Wikidata records people named Hirst in the United Kingdom.

How do you pronounce Hirst?

Hirst is /hɜːrst/, one syllable.

Is the surname Hirst getting more or less common?

More common. 3,546 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,630 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Hirst

A surname, carried by 3,630 people in the United States.

Pronounced /hɜːrst/ 1 syllable Soundex H623

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hirst is more common than 94.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,630 people named Hirst in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 85,054 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,546.

#9,011

rank among US surnames

3,630

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #8,554)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,003	Hames	3,633	84,984
#9,006	Cogan	3,631	85,030
#9,011	Hirst	3,630	85,054
#9,013	Traynor	3,628	85,101
#9,017	Garwood	3,626	85,148
#9,020	Stonge	3,625	85,171

Who is named Hirst

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

93% of people named Hirst identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hirsts

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Edmund Hirst
British chemist (1898-1975)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hirst

Hirst has the Soundex code H623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H623.

Questions

How common is the surname Hirst?: 3,630 people in the United States had the surname Hirst in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,054 Americans. It ranked 9,011th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hirst?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hirst identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hirst?: Edmund Hirst, British chemist (1898-1975).
Where is the surname Hirst most common?: Wikidata records people named Hirst in the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Hirst?: Hirst is /hɜːrst/, one syllable.
Is the surname Hirst getting more or less common?: More common. 3,546 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,630 in 2010, up 2.4%.