# Hurtado (surname)

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

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 30,286 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,160 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 10,194 people |
| Change since 2000 | +36% (22,247 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Hurtado, from the past participle of the verb hurtar (“to rob”), perhaps a reference to an illegitimate or kidnapped child.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hurtado 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) | 4.8% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 94% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 0.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hurtado in the United States and Bolivia.

## People named Hurtado

- Ricardo Hurtado, American actor
- Erik Hurtado, American soccer player
- Larry W. Hurtado, American biblical scholar
- Miguel Ángel Hurtado, Bolivian association football player

## 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.