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    The surname Hulse

    A surname, carried by 6,776 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H420

    Hulse: #5,164 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hulse #5,164, 6,776 people Hulse: #5,164 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hulse #5,164, 6,776 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hulse is more common than 96.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,776 people named Hulse in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,565 Americans. That is up 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,373.

    #5,164
    rank among US surnames
    6,776
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.3%
    change since 2000 (was #5,052)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,158Furlong6,78345,518
    #5,160Sarver6,78045,538
    #5,162Loftis6,77745,558
    #5,164Hulse6,77645,565
    #5,165Guarino6,77545,571

    Who is named Hulse

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

    90% of people named Hulse identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.3%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hulses

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Russell A. Hulse
      American astronomer, born 1950

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hulse

    Hulse has the Soundex code H420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H420.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hulse?
    6,776 people in the United States had the surname Hulse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,565 Americans. It ranked 5,164th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hulse?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Hulse identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Hulse?
    Russell A. Hulse, American astronomer.
    Where is the surname Hulse most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hulse in the United States.
    Is the surname Hulse getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,373 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,776 in 2010, up 6.3%.