Hurlbatt Surname

2,152,526th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 77 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Australia

Hurlbatt Surname Definition:

Nick 'a hurl-bat,' one who has shown powers in the old game of hurling. For full account, v. Strutt's Sports and Pastimes, pp. 98-9. The bat for hurling was called a 'clubbe' or 'hurle-batte' Probably, also, a familiar sobriquet of a cloth-beater or woolbeater; v.

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Hurlbatt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa371:1,464,26276,407
Australia191:1,420,82673,129
England191:2,932,529101,561
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:1,523,46151,234
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Hurlbatt Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Nick 'a hurl-bat,' one who has shown powers in the old game of hurling. For full account, v. Strutt's Sports and Pastimes, pp. 98-9. The bat for hurling was called a 'clubbe' or 'hurle-batte' Probably, also, a familiar sobriquet of a cloth-beater or woolbeater; v. Beater. (2) Bapt. 'the son of Hurlbert.'

Robert Hurlebat. Riley's Memorials of London.

John Hurlebat, Close Rolls, 24 Edward III.

Robert Hurlebat, 15 Richard III: v. N. and Q., Jan. 24, 1857.

Thomas Hurlebatte, 15 Richard III: ibid.

John Hurlebatt, circa 1570. Calendar of Proceedings in Chancery, temp. Elizabeth I.

W. H. Hurlbert figures in a correspondence with Mr. Chamberlain (Manchester Evening Mail, May 14, 1886).

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) 1 Bat-Thrower; a nickname from the mediæval sport [Middle English hurlebat(te, from Middle English hurlen, to hurl + Middle English bat(te, Old English batt] 2 for Hurlbert, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

HURLBAT: Halliwell, citing Howell, defines hurlebat as a kind of dart, which is clearly a misapprehension. I find the word in Boyer's English-French, and Ainsworth's Latin Dictionaries. The latter gives it as the equivalent of the classical ccesstus, and describes it as "a kind of club, or rather thong of leather, having plummets of lead fastened to it, used in boxing." But there was another implement of sport used in the time of Elizabeth for the game of ' hurling ' which was called the "clubbe or hurlebatte." For a description of hurling, see Hone's Strutt's Sports and Pastimes, pp. 98-99. This surname, like Shakespeare, Wagstaffe, &c., comes from some feat of strength on the part of the original bearer.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Hurlbatt Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Hurlbatt Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Hurlbatt is most common in South Africa. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hurlbatt? popularity and diffusion

Hurlbatt is the 2,152,526th most commonly held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 94,643,453 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 49 percent of Hurlbatt live; 49 percent live in Southern Africa and 49 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 1,464,262. In South Africa Hurlbatt is mostly concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 59 percent live, Gauteng, where 35 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 5 percent live. Outside of South Africa Hurlbatt occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 25 percent live and England, where 25 percent live.

Hurlbatt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Hurlbatt has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name grew 119 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Hurlbatt Last Name Statistics demography

Hurlbatt earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 290.41% more than the national average, earning R 927,756 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hurlbat930/
Hurlba861/
Khurelbat8291/
Hurlbeaut820/
Hurlbot802/
Hurlbeut752/
Hurlebaus71450/
Horlbot670/
Hurlbey670/
Gurlevad5035/
Gurlewad5016/
Gurelwad501/

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