Hurtado Surname

1,247th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 426,038 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Bolivia

Hurtado Surname Definition:

One who was kidnapped and escaped; robber; Hurtado is a very old and honorable name in Spain.

Patronymic from village of Palomares del Campo, Cuenca, and found in Cuenca, Toledo, Jaén, and Vizcaya. Of unknown etymology.

Found throughout the Peninsula but origin is Castile.

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Hurtado Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia117,1431:40877
Mexico71,9261:1,726253
Venezuela43,5711:693134
Peru36,8261:863121
Bolivia34,2951:31054
Spain29,1371:1,605181
United States26,1251:13,8741,727
Ecuador14,8961:1,068180
Nicaragua12,1521:495109
Chile9,1381:1,928361
Cuba6,9101:1,668254
Panama4,7461:824158
Argentina4,3061:9,926947
Costa Rica2,4651:1,939269
Dominican Republic2,2571:4,622504
Guatemala2,2251:7,228889
Brazil2,0371:105,0933,957
El Salvador1,9821:3,201416
Philippines1,2101:83,66814,496
France1,0991:60,4398,165
Canada3251:113,37112,083
Honduras2041:43,2181,185
England1411:395,16427,358
Australia1381:195,62119,280
Germany1161:694,01353,217
Paraguay741:97,7942,299
Portugal661:157,8526,835
Italy651:940,87268,025
Belgium641:179,63524,162
Switzerland481:171,10215,661
Netherlands401:422,17943,576
Uruguay381:90,3099,090
Thailand341:2,077,598243,257
Gibraltar291:1,171268
Sweden231:428,12030,474
Iceland191:20,0051,629
Curaçao141:11,232389
Japan101:12,784,42945,945
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Ireland81:588,61715,973
China71:195,331,65210,124
Puerto Rico61:591,6903,707
Kazakhstan61:2,947,083107,736
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
India61:127,844,230863,365
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Ukraine41:11,380,674331,818
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
Ivory Coast31:7,690,41157,263
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Andorra21:41,9191,654
Armenia21:1,465,09016,492
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Azerbaijan21:4,824,56142,415
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Comoros11:749,524685
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Belize11:355,4743,977
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States881:570,66738,849

Hurtado (332) may also be a first name.

Hurtado Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

One who was kidnapped and escaped; robber; Hurtado is a very old and honorable name in Spain.

Patronymic from village of Palomares del Campo, Cuenca, and found in Cuenca, Toledo, Jaén, and Vizcaya. Of unknown etymology.

Found throughout the Peninsula but origin is Castile.

Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

User-submitted Reference

The surname Hurtado or Urtado means 'stolen'.

- saelizondor

Hurtado Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hurtado (Arabic: اورتادو) occurs in Colombia more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Hurtado? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,247th most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 17,105 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Hurtado live; 61 percent live in South America and 38 percent live in Caribbean South America. It is also the 480,499th most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 332 people.

The last name Hurtado is most frequently used in Colombia, where it is borne by 117,143 people, or 1 in 408. In Colombia it is primarily concentrated in: Valle del Cauca Department, where 26 percent are found, Antioquia Department, where 12 percent are found and Cauca Department, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Colombia this surname exists in 96 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 17 percent are found and Venezuela, where 10 percent are found.

Hurtado Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Hurtado has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Hurtado surname rose 29,688 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Hurtado Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Hurtado last name are 42.84% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 96.07% registered with the political party.

The amount Hurtado earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 63.63% less than the national average, earning €10,922 per year; in Peru they earn 2.9% more than the national average, earning S/. 19,948 per year; in Colombia they earn 1.45% less than the national average, earning $22,372,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 12.58% less than the national average, earning $37,720 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.18% less than the national average, earning $49,097 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Huertado9340/
Hurtados9325/
Hurtadoi939/
Hurtadoo936/
Hurthado933/
Hurtadod932/
Hurtadop932/
Hurtaado931/
Haurtado931/
Hurdtado931/
Hurteado931/
Hurtaddo931/
Hurtadot931/
Hurtadoz931/
Hourtado931/
Hujrtado931/
Hurrtado931/
Urtado923,063/
Hurtada86468/
Hortado86231/
Hurtedo866/
Hurtodo865/
Aurtado865/
Jurtado865/
Gurtado864/
Hirtado862/
Ourtado861/
Urtados861/
Uertado860/
Ortado77698/
Urtada776/
Urtedo771/
Hurtadeau751/
Hurtoda712/
Ourtodo711/
Ourtoudo672/
Jurtadah671/
Ortada6213/
Ortodo627/
Ortadó621/
Irtadha5713/
Ortoudo574/
Ortadağ572/
Ortoudou532/
Orthoido531/
D'Ortodo531/

Hurtado Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Hurtado in the Arabic language
اورتادوawrtadw-

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