Last Name HUNTSMAN

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Meaning The hunt-man, from 'hunt,' a hunter, and the augmentative 'man.' Also 'the hunt-man,' i.e. the man(servant) of the hunt, the servant of the hunter. Huntman was gradually assimilated to the familiar dictionary form 'huntsman.'
Origin English, Irish, Austrian

Rank 7,749 (2000 US census) 7,898 (1990 US census)
Count 3,953 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 92.84%, or 3670 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 3.14%, or 124 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.48%, or 19 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 1.01%, or 40 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.14%, or 45 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.39%, or 55 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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