How common is the surname Hulme?

2,068 people in the United States had the surname Hulme in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 149,297 Americans. It ranked 14,447th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hulme?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hulme identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hulme?

Lachy Hulme, Australian actor and screenwriter, followed by Kathryn Hulme.

Where is the surname Hulme most common?

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

How do you pronounce Hulme?

Hulme is /ˈhjuːm/, one syllable.

Is the surname Hulme getting more or less common?

More common. 2,005 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,068 in 2010, up 3.1%.

The surname Hulme

A Norse place surname, carried by 2,068 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈhjuːm/ 1 syllable Soundex H450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hulme is more common than 91.1% of them.

Origin

Norse origin

From Old Norse holmr (“islet”).

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

One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,068 people named Hulme in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 149,297 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,005.

#14,447

rank among US surnames

2,068

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #13,830)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,443	Busick	2,069	149,225
#14,447	Hulme	2,068	149,297
#14,453	Lobb	2,067	149,369

Who is named Hulme

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

95% of people named Hulme identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hulmes

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lachy Hulme
Australian actor and screenwriter, born 1971
Kathryn Hulme
American writer, 1900–1981

Notable Hulmes come mostly from Australia (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Hulme

Hulen

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

Other Norse surnames

All 126 Norse surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hulme come from?: From Old Norse holmr (“islet”).
How common is the surname Hulme?: 2,068 people in the United States had the surname Hulme in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 149,297 Americans. It ranked 14,447th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hulme?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hulme identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hulme?: Lachy Hulme, Australian actor and screenwriter, followed by Kathryn Hulme.
Where is the surname Hulme most common?: Wikidata records people named Hulme in Australia and the United States.
How do you pronounce Hulme?: Hulme is /ˈhjuːm/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Hulme?: Hulme is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Hulme getting more or less common?: More common. 2,005 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,068 in 2010, up 3.1%.