How common is the surname Hurston?

859 people in the United States had the surname Hurston in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 359,424 Americans. It ranked 27,918th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hurston?

Zora Neale Hurston, African American folklorist, novelist, short story writer, and Civic Rights advocate (1891.

Where is the surname Hurston most common?

Wikidata records people named Hurston in the United States.

How do you pronounce Hurston?

Hurston is /ˈhɝ.stən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Hurston getting more or less common?

More common. 832 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 859 in 2010, up 3.2%.

The surname Hurston

An English place surname, carried by 859 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈhɝ.stən/ 2 syllables Soundex H623

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hurston is more common than 82.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

Habitational surname from several minor places in England, from Old English heorot (“hart”) or hyrst (“wooded hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) or þorn (“thornbush”).

Hurston is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 859 people named Hurston in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 359,424 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 832.

#27,918

rank among US surnames

859

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #27,313)

Who is named Hurston

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

53% of people named Hurston identified as Black (not Hispanic), 39% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 53%
White (not Hispanic) 39%
Two or more races 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Hurstons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Zora Neale Hurston
African American folklorist, novelist, short story writer, and Civic Rights advocate (1891

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hurston

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hurston come from?: Habitational surname from several minor places in England, from Old English heorot (“hart”) or hyrst (“wooded hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) or þorn (“thornbush”).
How common is the surname Hurston?: 859 people in the United States had the surname Hurston in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 359,424 Americans. It ranked 27,918th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hurston?: In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Hurston identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 39% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hurston?: Zora Neale Hurston, African American folklorist, novelist, short story writer, and Civic Rights advocate (1891.
Where is the surname Hurston most common?: Wikidata records people named Hurston in the United States.
How do you pronounce Hurston?: Hurston is /ˈhɝ.stən/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Hurston?: Hurston is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Hurston getting more or less common?: More common. 832 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 859 in 2010, up 3.2%.