The Hurst surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 46,244 people carried this name — #749 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 6,380 people counted. That is up 4% from 44,587 in 2000.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 10 births for the Hurst name in 1890.
Most were registered in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 400 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 301 people named Hurst.
36 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
268 people named Hurst live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 115 people named Hurst live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
41 people named Hurst is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Hurst in American newspapers,
1898–1901.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 361,623 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Hurst,
with a public archive behind them.
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Richard Hurst d. 1805 · actor
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George Hurst d. 1906 · writer
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Cheryl Mary Clare Hurst d. 2026 · politician
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Katharine Hurst d. 1976 · jurist
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Gillian Hurst d. 1971 · archaeologist
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Richard Lumley Hurst d. 1962
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hurst.
- Huot 1,679 · U.S. census
- Hupe 357 · U.S. census
- Huppe 249 · U.S. census
- Huppert 1,193 · U.S. census
- Huron 924 · U.S. census
- Hurson 195 · U.S. census
- Hurtado 30,286 · U.S. census
- Hurteau 493 · U.S. census
- Hurter 214 · U.S. census
- Hurth 216 · U.S. census
- Hus 236 · U.S. census
- Huser 1,061 · U.S. census
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