How common is the surname Hulen?

1,017 people in the United States had the surname Hulen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 303,585 Americans. It ranked 24,572nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Hulen getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,221 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,017 in 2010, down 17%.

The surname Hulen

A surname, carried by 1,017 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hulen is more common than 84.9% of them.

Origin

English surname, variant of Hulin.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,017 people named Hulen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 303,585 Americans. That is down 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,221.

#24,572

rank among US surnames

1,017

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-16.7%

change since 2000 (was #20,270)

Who is named Hulen

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

93% of people named Hulen identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%
Two or more races 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hulen

Hulen has the Soundex code H450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H450.

Questions

Where does the surname Hulen come from?: English surname, variant of Hulin.
How common is the surname Hulen?: 1,017 people in the United States had the surname Hulen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 303,585 Americans. It ranked 24,572nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hulen?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hulen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Hulen getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,221 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,017 in 2010, down 17%.