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”).

Proper noun

Hurston (plural Hurstons)

1. A surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Hurstonian

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hurston is the 27918^th 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.

Anagrams

• Rushton, runs hot