Hult is a Swedish surname.
Geographical distribution 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: Värmland County (1:1,211) Kalmar County (1:1,555) Kronoberg County (1:1,569) Gotland County (1:1,828) Jönköping County (1:1,849) Västra Götaland County (1:2,464) Blekinge County (1:2,609) Dalarna County (1:2,665) Södermanland County (1:2,792) Skåne County (1:2,897)
In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:22,164) in the following regions: Central Finland (1:8,638) Uusimaa (1:13,561) Kymenlaakso (1:14,242) Pirkanmaa (1:14,987) Tavastia Proper (1:15,195) Ostrobothnia (1:17,380) 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).
Notable people 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 Johan Hultin (born 1924), Swedish-American pathologist
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