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The surname Hurdle

A surname, carried by 2,497 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H634

Hurdle: #12,440 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hurdle #12,440, 2,497 people Hurdle: #12,440 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hurdle #12,440, 2,497 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hurdle is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,497 people named Hurdle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 123,647 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,377.

#12,440
rank among US surnames
2,497
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+5%
change since 2000 (was #12,047)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#12,432Soza2,499123,548
#12,435Wittenberg2,498123,597
#12,440Tobler2,497123,647
#12,444Cournoyer2,496123,696
#12,447Coady2,494123,795

Who is named Hurdle

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

51% of people named Hurdle identified as white (not Hispanic), 43% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 51%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 43%
  • Two or more races 2.7%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Hurdle?
2,497 people in the United States had the surname Hurdle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,647 Americans. It ranked 12,440th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hurdle?
In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Hurdle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 43% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Hurdle getting more or less common?
More common. 2,377 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,497 in 2010, up 5.0%.