Hurtley Surname

1,025,894th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 246 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Hurtley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hurtley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1171:476,22330,919
United States1151:3,151,817182,069
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1121:217,63716,750
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Hurtley Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hurtley is most common in England. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Hurtley.

How Common Is The Last Name Hurtley? popularity and diffusion

The surname Hurtley is the 1,025,894th most commonly held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 29,624,170 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 51 percent of Hurtley live; 50 percent live in Northern Europe and 48 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most commonly occurring in England, where it is borne by 117 people, or 1 in 476,223. In England Hurtley is primarily concentrated in: Lancashire, where 21 percent reside, West Yorkshire, where 15 percent reside and North Yorkshire, where 15 percent reside. Not including England this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 47 percent reside and Norway, where 2 percent reside.

Hurtley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Hurtley has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Hurtley last name rose 104 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 1,278 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Hurtley Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Hurtley surname are 18.45% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 65.22% being registered with the party.

The amount Hurtley earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 26.15% less than the national average, earning 255,571 kr per year and in United States they earn 10.21% more than the national average, earning $47,555 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Heurtley9337/
Hurttley930/
Hurtle92150/
Urtley920/
Hurtly920/
Hurthle8615/
Hirtley865/
Hortley862/
Gurtley861/
Hurttle860/
Urtle833/
Hurtelle80108/
Hurtless801/
Hirthley800/
Hirtle771,589/
Hortle77163/
Ortley77126/
Gurtle775/
Hortly771/
Gurtly770/
Uertly770/
Jurtle770/
Oertley7149/
Hürtler713/
Hürttle711/
Hürthle711/
Urtla6753/
Ortle673/
Ortly672/
Heurtlou671/
Eurtless671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Hurtley
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