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Hunt

in Massachusetts

There are 2,477 people with the last name "Hunt" in Massachusetts.

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Ranking in Massachusetts

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Hunt 207
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  1. is 203rd most common Richards
  2. is 204th most common Gagnon
  3. is 205th most common Cronin
  4. is 206th most common Porter
  5. is 207th most common Hunt
  6. is 208th most common Lane
  7. is 209th most common Hurley
  8. is 210th most common Landry
  9. is 211th most common Reyes

Most Common First Names for Hunt

Robert, John, David, James, William, Thomas, Stephen, Richard, Paul, Peter

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 Massachusetts

Since June 2009
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Robert Hunt, MA (8 searches)
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