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    The surname Headen

    A surname, carried by 2,066 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H350

    Headen: #14,458 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Headen #14,458, 2,066 people Headen: #14,458 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Headen #14,458, 2,066 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Headen is more common than 91.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,066 people named Headen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 149,441 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,790.

    #14,458
    rank among US surnames
    2,066
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15.4%
    change since 2000 (was #15,117)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,453Lobb2,067149,369
    #14,458Fray2,066149,441
    #14,465Banes2,065149,514

    Who is named Headen

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    65% of people named Headen identified as Black (not Hispanic), 28% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 65%
    • White (not Hispanic) 28%
    • Two or more races 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Headen

    Headen has the Soundex code H350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H350.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Headen?
    2,066 people in the United States had the surname Headen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 149,441 Americans. It ranked 14,458th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Headen?
    In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Headen identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 28% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Headen getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,790 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,066 in 2010, up 15%.