Hurston
English
Etymology
Habitational surname from several minor places in England, from Old English heorot (“hart”) or hyrst (“wooded hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) or þorn (“thornbush”).
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Hurston is the 27918th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 859 individuals. Hurston is most common among Black/African American (53.2%) and White (38.88%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hurston”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 218.
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