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    The surname Hjort

    A Danish nickname surname, carried by 524 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H263

    Hjort: #41,501 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Hjort #41,501, 524 people Hjort: #41,501 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Hjort #41,501, 524 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hjort is more common than 74.4% of them.

    Origin

    Danish origin

    Borrowed from Danish, Norwegian and Swedish Hjort, a nickname from hjort (“hart, stag”).

    Hjort is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    One of 50 Danish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 524 people named Hjort in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 589,209 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 508.

    #41,501
    rank among US surnames
    524
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.1%
    change since 2000 (was #40,552)

    Who is named Hjort

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

    95% of people named Hjort identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as two or more races and 1.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Hispanic are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other Danish surnames

    All 50 Danish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hjort come from?
    Borrowed from Danish, Norwegian and Swedish Hjort, a nickname from hjort (“hart, stag”).
    How common is the surname Hjort?
    524 people in the United States had the surname Hjort in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 589,209 Americans. It ranked 41,501st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hjort?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hjort identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as two or more races.
    What type of surname is Hjort?
    Hjort is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Hjort getting more or less common?
    More common. 508 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 524 in 2010, up 3.1%.