Find out how popular the last name Hultman is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Hultman.

Hultman, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Hultman surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Hultman in America

Hultman is the 19924th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Hultman surname appeared 1,347 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Hultman.

We can also compare 2010 data for Hultman to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Hultman

The surname Hultman is of Swedish origin, originating in the 16th century. It is a combination of the Swedish words "hult" meaning grove or wooded area, and "man" meaning a person. The name likely referred to someone who lived near or worked in a wooded area.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Hultman surname can be found in the Swedish church records of the 1500s, where a man named Olof Hultman was listed as a resident of the village of Hult in Värmland County.

In the 17th century, the name appears in various Swedish records and documents, such as the Älvsborgs lösen, a record of taxes paid by the residents of Älvsborg County in 1613. A man named Johan Hultman was listed as a taxpayer in this document.

The Hultman name can also be found in the Swedish military records of the 17th and 18th centuries. One notable example is Nils Hultman, a Swedish soldier who fought in the Great Northern War against Russia in the early 1700s.

In the 19th century, the Hultman surname became more widespread as families migrated from Sweden to other parts of the world, particularly to the United States. One of the earliest recorded Hultmans in America was Carl Hultman, who immigrated to Minnesota in the 1860s.

Another notable Hultman was Gustaf Hultman, a Swedish botanist and explorer who lived from 1835 to 1899. He is known for his extensive botanical collections and explorations in various parts of Sweden and Norway.

In the 20th century, the Hultman name continued to be found in Sweden and among Swedish-American communities. One notable individual was Eugen Hultman, a Swedish artist and painter who lived from 1858 to 1940 and was known for his landscape paintings and portraiture.

While the Hultman surname is most commonly associated with Sweden, it has also been found in other Scandinavian countries and among communities with Swedish heritage around the world.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Hultman

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Hultman.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Hultman was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Hultman has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Hultman was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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