How Many People Have the Last Name Hunter?
people had the surname Hunter in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 1,816 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+8,030 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Hunter (60.8%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 32.7%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Hunter ranks #112. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 62.9% to 60.8%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Hunter grew from 154,410 people in 2000 to 162,440 in 2010 (up 5.2%), and its rank fell from #153 to #160. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 57.24 to 55.07 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 154,410 | 162,440 |
| Rank | #153 | #160 |
| Per 100,000 people | 57.24 | 55.07 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Hunter
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Hunter: H536
👤 Hunter as a First Name
Hunter is a first name too: about 269,836 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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