How common is the surname Hurn?

1,500 people in the United States had the surname Hurn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 205,830 Americans. It ranked 18,448th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Hurn getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,633 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,500 in 2010, down 8.1%.

The surname Hurn

A surname, carried by 1,500 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hurn is more common than 88.6% of them.

Origin

Spelling variant of Hearn

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,500 people named Hurn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 205,830 Americans. That is down 8.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,633.

#18,448

rank among US surnames

1,500

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-8.1%

change since 2000 (was #16,260)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,440	Montz	1,501	205,693
#18,448	Ristau	1,500	205,830
#18,457	Weakland	1,499	205,968

Who is named Hurn

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

77% of people named Hurn identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 77%
Black (not Hispanic) 15%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.1%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hurn

Hurn has the Soundex code H650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H650.

Questions

Where does the surname Hurn come from?: Spelling variant of Hearn
How common is the surname Hurn?: 1,500 people in the United States had the surname Hurn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 205,830 Americans. It ranked 18,448th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hurn?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Hurn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Hurn getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,633 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,500 in 2010, down 8.1%.