How common is the surname Hultgren?

1,597 people in the United States had the surname Hultgren in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 193,328 Americans. It ranked 17,596th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hultgren?

Randy Hultgren, American politician.

Where is the surname Hultgren most common?

Wikidata records people named Hultgren in the United States.

Is the surname Hultgren getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,620 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,597 in 2010, down 1.4%.

The surname Hultgren

A Swedish surname, carried by 1,597 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H432

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hultgren is more common than 89.2% of them.

Origin

Swedish origin

Borrowed from Swedish Hultgren, an ornamental surname composed of the elements hult (“forest”) and gren (“branch”).

One of 133 Swedish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,597 people named Hultgren in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 193,328 Americans. That is down 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,620.

#17,596

rank among US surnames

1,597

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-1.4%

change since 2000 (was #16,368)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,596	McGeehan	1,597	193,328
#17,605	Stahlman	1,596	193,450

Who is named Hultgren

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

96% of people named Hultgren identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as two or more races and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Two or more races 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hultgrens

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Randy Hultgren
American politician, born 1966

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hultgren

Hults

Hultgren has the Soundex code H432, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H432.

Other Swedish surnames

All 133 Swedish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hultgren come from?: Borrowed from Swedish Hultgren, an ornamental surname composed of the elements hult (“forest”) and gren (“branch”).
How common is the surname Hultgren?: 1,597 people in the United States had the surname Hultgren in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 193,328 Americans. It ranked 17,596th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hultgren?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hultgren identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Hultgren?: Randy Hultgren, American politician.
Where is the surname Hultgren most common?: Wikidata records people named Hultgren in the United States.
Is the surname Hultgren getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,620 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,597 in 2010, down 1.4%.