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    The surname Hurst

    A surname, carried by 46,244 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H623

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hurst is more common than 99.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 46,244 people named Hurst in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,676 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 44,587.

    #749
    rank among US surnames
    46,244
    people in 2010
    16
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.7%
    change since 2000 (was #702)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #740Eaton47,1846,543
    #741Blackwell47,1756,545
    #742Dyer47,1706,545
    #743Prince47,1686,546
    #744MacDonald46,7176,609
    #745Solomon46,5346,635
    #746Guevara46,4546,646

    Who is named Hurst

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

    85% of people named Hurst identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hursts

    9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ryan Hurst
      American actor, born 1976
    • Michelle Hurst
      American actress, born 1942
    • Paul Hurst
      American actor and film director (1888-1953)
    • Jackson Hurst
      American actor, born 1979
    • Fannie Hurst
      American novelist (1889–1968)
    • Rick Hurst
      American actor and voice artist, 1946–2025
    • Brian Desmond Hurst
      Belfast-born film director (1895-1986)
    • Natalie Hurst
      Australian basketball player (born 1983)
    • Hayden Hurst
      American football player, born 1993

    Notable Hursts come mostly from the United States (7), the United Kingdom (1) and Australia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hurst

    Hurst has the Soundex code H623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H623.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hurst?
    46,244 people in the United States had the surname Hurst in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,676 Americans. It ranked 749th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hurst?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Hurst identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Hurst?
    Ryan Hurst, American actor, followed by Michelle Hurst.
    Where is the surname Hurst most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hurst in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.
    Is the surname Hurst getting more or less common?
    More common. 44,587 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 46,244 in 2010, up 3.7%.