# Hunt (surname)

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

An English surname originating as an occupation for a hunter (for game, birds etc).

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 158,421 |
| US rank (2010) | 169 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 1,949 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.2% (151,986 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /hʌnt/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hunt 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) | 74% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 4.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Similar surnames

Hunte, Hund, Huante, Hundt, Hand, Handy, Hammett, Hamid, Honda, Hamed, Hamada, Hameed.

## 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.