Hurston
English
editEtymology
editHabitational surname from several minor places in England, from Old English heorot (“hart”) or hyrst (“wooded hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) or þorn (“thornbush”).
Proper noun
editHurston (plural Hurstons)
- A surname from Old English.
Derived terms
editStatistics
edit- 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
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hurston”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 218.