The surname Hunt
An occupational surname, carried by 158,421 people in the United States.
Pronounced /hʌnt/ 1 syllable Soundex H530 Also a first name
Origin
An English surname originating as an occupation for a hunter (for game, birds etc).
Hunt is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 158,421 people named Hunt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 1,949 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 151,986.
Who is named Hunt
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
74% of people named Hunt identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.2% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
- White (not Hispanic) 74%
- Black (not Hispanic) 17%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 4.2%
- Two or more races 2.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Hunt has the Soundex code H530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H530.
Questions
- How common is the surname Hunt?
- 158,421 people in the United States had the surname Hunt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,949 Americans. It ranked 169th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Hunt?
- In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Hunt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
- How do you pronounce Hunt?
- Hunt is /hʌnt/, one syllable.
- What type of surname is Hunt?
- Hunt is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
- Is the surname Hunt getting more or less common?
- More common. 151,986 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 158,421 in 2010, up 4.2%.
- Is Hunt also a first name?
- Yes. Hunt is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.