How common is the surname Hurlbut?

2,208 people in the United States had the surname Hurlbut in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 139,830 Americans. It ranked 13,707th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hurlbut?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hurlbut identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Hurlbut getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,255 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,208 in 2010, down 2.1%.

The surname Hurlbut

A surname, carried by 2,208 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H641

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hurlbut is more common than 91.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,208 people named Hurlbut in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 139,830 Americans. That is down 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,255.

#13,707

rank among US surnames

2,208

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-2.1%

change since 2000 (was #12,598)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,700	Kinslow	2,210	139,704
#13,703	Acklin	2,209	139,767
#13,707	Overturf	2,208	139,830
#13,713	Sprenger	2,207	139,894

Who is named Hurlbut

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

95% of people named Hurlbut identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hurlbut

Hurlbut has the Soundex code H641, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H641.

Questions

How common is the surname Hurlbut?: 2,208 people in the United States had the surname Hurlbut in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 139,830 Americans. It ranked 13,707th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hurlbut?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hurlbut identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Hurlbut getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,255 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,208 in 2010, down 2.1%.