Hurston is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Hurston
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Hurston

How popular is Hurston?

Hurston is ranked 314353 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Hurston bearers increased by 3.245192 per cent in 2010 US census to 859 since 2000, the surname slipped by 605 spots and ranked at 27918. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 53.2 54.93
White 38.88 39.78
Others 3.96 2.28
Hispanic or Latino 2.91 1.8
Hurston is a very rare family name, few people in United States and The Bahamas have the last name. Around 931 people have been found who wears Hurston as their family name. Few people around the world have Hurston as their surname. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
6,212 Jamaica1
279,271 Australia1
14,618 Guyana1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
1,056 The Bahamas21
Countries with hundreds of Hurston:
32,190 United States907

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Chr. Hurston worked as servant and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 34 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Ambassadress and arrived on May 14, 1850. 31 years old Ann Hurston, Richard Hurston, aged 8 months old, are others that migrated to US.

Hurston Namesakes

  • Zora Neale Hurston, Novelist
  • Zora Neale Hurston, Novelist
  • Zora Neale Hurston, Novelist
  • Ross Hurston, Porn star
  • Chuck Hurston, Football player
  • John Hurston, Preacher
  • Lucy Ann Hurston, Zora Neale Hurston's mother
  • Zora Neale Hurston, Novelist
  • Zora Neale Hurston, Novelist
  • Zora Neale Hurston, Novelist

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