# Hull (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 43,018 |
| US rank (2010) | 807 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 7,177 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.3% (41,656 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /hʌl/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

The town in England is Inherited from Middle English Hull, Hul, Hulle, traditionally derived from Proto-Brythonic *hʉl, from Proto-Celtic *soulos, from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“to press”); Breeze instead suggests derivation from hula, plural of hulu (“hut”). Chaucer's Hulle (for expected *Hul, *Hule) is presumably a hypercorrect Southern form. The surname is either from the English town or Middle English hulle, western variant of hylle (“hill”); many other place names are ultimately from the surname.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hull 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) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hull in the United States and Australia.

## People named Hull

- Cordell Hull, American politician, U.S. Secretary of State from 1933 to 1944
- Josephine Hull, American stage and film actress (1877-1957)
- Clark L. Hull, American psychologist (1884–1952)
- Jane Dee Hull, American politician (1935-2020)
- Jessica Hull, Australian athletics competitor
- Geoffrey Hull, Australian linguist
- Albert Hull, American inventor (1880–1966)
- Henry Hull, American actor (1890–1977)
- William Hull, American soldier and politician (1753-1825)
- Warren Hull, American actor, radio and television personality (1903-1974)
- Sierra Hull, American bluegrass musician and songwriter
- Chuck Hull, American inventor

and 3 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Hill, Hall, Holl, Howell, Hale, Hail, Holloway, Haley, Holley, Healy, Hawley, Healey.

## 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.