Last Name HUNTER

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Meaning	The hunter. The earlier form is 'hunte.' The family have been seated at Hunterston in Aryshire since the time of Alexander II. They bear three hunting horns vert in their arms, whence probably the name.

Origin	English, Scottish, Jewish, Spanish, French, Native American, Irish, Falkland, Belgian, South african, Hungarian

Rank	153 (2000 US census)	130 (1990 US census)

Count	154,410 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

62.92%, or 97155 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
32.3%, or 49874 total occurrences, as black,
0.4%, or 618 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.97%, or 1498 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.87%, or 2887 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.54%, or 2378 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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