Explore the Family Name Hurta

The meaning of Hurta

Czech: nickname for an aggressive person, from a derivative of hurt ‘attack’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Hurta in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Hurta saw a decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Hurta was ranked 37,094th most common surname in the United States, by 2010, this rank had fallen to 44,730. This represents a drop of just over 20 percent. Over this same period, the count or number of people with the Hurta surname decreased from 566 to 480, a decline of just over 15 percent. The proportion per 100,000 people also fell from 0.21 to 0.16, a reduction of almost 24 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#37,094	#44,730	-20.59%
Count	566	480	-15.19%
Proportion per 100k	0.21	0.16	-23.81%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Hurta

The ethnic identity associated with the Hurta surname has seen some changes as well. According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the percentage of Hurtas identifying as White dropped by just under 10 percent, from 70.14 percent in 2000 to 63.13 percent in 2010. However, the percentage of Hispanic Hurtas increased, rising from 26.86 percent in 2000 to 33.75 percent in 2010, an increase of over 25 percent. Additionally, the percentage of Hurtas identifying as having two or more races rose from 1.06 percent to 1.25 percent, while the percentage identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native saw a slight increase from 0.88 percent to 1.04 percent. The percentage of Hurtas identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black remained constant at 0 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
White	70.14%	63.13%	-9.99%
Hispanic	26.86%	33.75%	25.65%
Two or More Races	1.06%	1.25%	17.92%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.88%	1.04%	18.18%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	1.06%	0%	0%