# Hurst (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 46,244 |
| US rank (2010) | 749 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 6,676 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.7% (44,587 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hurst 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) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hurst in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

## People named Hurst

- Ryan Hurst, American actor
- Michelle Hurst, American actress
- Paul Hurst, American actor and film director (1888-1953)
- Jackson Hurst, American actor
- Fannie Hurst, American novelist (1889–1968)
- Rick Hurst, American actor and voice artist
- Brian Desmond Hurst, Belfast-born film director (1895-1986)
- Natalie Hurst, Australian basketball player (born 1983)
- Hayden Hurst, American football player

## Similar surnames

Horst, Hirst, Hearst, Hayhurst, Hurston, Hairston, Hargett, Horstman, Horstmann, Harstad, Hershkowitz, Harston.

## 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.