Popularity of the last name by country
India
- West Bengal (123)
- Tamil Nadu (72)
- Maharashtra (52)
- Uttar Pradesh (16)
- Delhi (11)
- Karnataka (4)
- Punjab (4)
- Andhra Pradesh (3)
- Goa (3)
- Jammu & Kashmir (1)
- Madhya Pradesh (1)
- Orissa (1)
- Rajasthan (1)
All countries
- United Kingdom (362,459)
- United States (171,345)
- Ireland (26,617)
- New Zealand (23,128)
- Australia (18,531)
- Canada (10,570)
- France (5,181)
- Unknown country (3,922)
- Netherlands (2,637)
- French Polynesia (1,191)
- Germany (935)
- Belgium (849)
- Austria (770)
- India (686)
- Switzerland (577)
- Italy (438)
- Sweden (266)
- Argentina (261)
- Mexico (247)
- Colombia (221)
- Spain (209)
- Egypt (205)
- South Africa (196)
- Indonesia (141)
- China (135)
- Guatemala (131)
- Russian Federation (124)
- Jamaica (113)
- Turkey (113)
- Hungary (98)
- Sri Lanka (95)
- Greece (94)
- Portugal (84)
- Finland (82)
- Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (78)
- Paraguay (76)
- Poland (75)
- Trinidad and Tobago (68)
- Brazil (63)
- Cuba (58)
Origine of last name
HUNTER : 1: Scottish and northern English: occupational name from Middle English hunter(e) ‘huntsman’ (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Hunt">Hunt</a>).2: Irish (Antrim and Derry): adopted for Gaelic Ó Fiaich (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Fee">Fee</a>) due to confusion with the word fiadhach ‘hunt’.3: In some cases also an Americanized form (mistranslation into English; compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Chasse">Chasse</a> 3) of French Canadian Chassé (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Chasse">Chasse</a> 1).
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