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Hunt

in California

There are 8,361 people with the last name "Hunt" in California.

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Ranking in California

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Hunt 264
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  1. is 260th most common Mason
  2. is 261st most common Johnston
  3. is 262nd most common Schmidt
  4. is 263rd most common Carlson
  5. is 264th most common Hunt
  6. is 265th most common Armstrong
  7. is 266th most common Pineda
  8. is 267th most common Crawford
  9. is 268th most common Escobar

Most Common First Names for Hunt

Robert, James, John, William, David, Richard, Thomas, Donald, Gary

Meaning & History

English: occupational name for a hunter, Old English hunta (a primary derivative of huntian ‘to hunt’). The term was used not only of the hunting on horseback of game such as stags and wild boars, which in the Middle Ages was a pursuit restricted to the ranks of the nobility, but also to much humbler forms of pursuit such as bird catching and poaching for food. The word seems also to have been used as an Old English personal name and to have survived into the Middle Ages as an occasional personal name. Compare Huntington and Huntley.

Irish: in some cases (in Ulster) of English origin, but more commonly used as a quasi-translation of various Irish surnames such as Ó Fiaich (see Fee).

Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Hundt.

Recent Searches for "Hunt" in California

Since June 2009
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Robert Hunt, CA (97 searches)
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