Hult (surname)

Not to be confused with Holt (surname) or Holte (surname).

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Hult is a Swedish surname.

## Geographical distribution

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As of 2014, 60.8% of all known bearers of the surname Hult were residents of Sweden (frequency 1:3,000), 26.2% of the United States (1:254,941), 4.6% of Finland (1:22,164), 4.2% of Norway (1:22,456), 1.4% of Denmark (1:72,366) and 1.1% of Canada (1:645,579).

In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:3,000) in the following counties:

* 1\. Värmland County (1:1,211)
* 2\. Kalmar County (1:1,555)
* 3\. Kronoberg County (1:1,569)
* 4\. Gotland County (1:1,828)
* 5\. Jönköping County (1:1,849)
* 6\. Västra Götaland County (1:2,464)
* 7\. Blekinge County (1:2,609)
* 8\. Dalarna County (1:2,665)
* 9\. Södermanland County (1:2,792)
* 10\. Skåne County (1:2,897)

In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:22,164) in the following regions:

* 1\. Central Finland (1:8,638)
* 2\. Uusimaa (1:13,561)
* 3\. Kymenlaakso (1:14,242)
* 4\. Pirkanmaa (1:14,987)
* 5\. Tavastia Proper (1:15,195)
* 6\. Ostrobothnia (1:17,380)
* 7\. South Karelia (1:18,028)

In Norway, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:22,456) only in one region: Western Norway (1:10,681).[1]

## Notable people

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* Bengt Hult (1917–2008), Swedish jurist, President of the Supreme Court of Sweden from 1979 to 1984
* Bertil Hult (born 1941), Swedish businessman; Hult International Business School is named for him
* Emma Hult (born 1988), Swedish politician
* Karl Hult (born 1944), Swedish biochemist and researcher
* Karl-Erik Hult (1936–2010), Swedish footballer and manager
* Nils Hult (born 1939), commissioner who helped create the Hult Center for the Performing Arts, in Eugene, Oregon, US
* Ragnar Hult (1857–1899), Finnish botanist and plant geographer
* Tina Signesdottir Hult (born 1982), Norwegian photographer
* Barbara Hult Lekberg (1925–2018), American metal sculptor

## See also

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* Johan Hultin (born 1924), Swedish-American pathologist

## References

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1. ^ "Hult Surname Meaning, Origins & Distribution". forebears.io.

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