Frequency: (641)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Dutch: possibly a habitational name for someone from Hulten in North Brabant.
2. Swedish: ornamental or topographic name from hult ‘grove’, ‘copse’ + man ‘man’.
GIVEN NAMES: Scandinavian 5%. Erik, Niklas, Nils, Sig.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
