How common is the surname Heald?

3,503 people in the United States had the surname Heald in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,137 Americans. It ranked 9,291st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Heald?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Heald identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Heald most common?

Wikidata records people named Heald in the United States.

Is the surname Heald getting more or less common?

More common. 3,445 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,503 in 2010, up 1.7%.

The surname Heald

An English surname, carried by 3,503 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H430

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Heald is more common than 94.3% of them.

Origin

English origin

English surname, from the Old English noun hielde (“hill, slope”) (see -heald).

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,503 people named Heald in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,137 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,445.

#9,291

rank among US surnames

3,503

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #8,769)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,283	Creasy	3,506	88,062
#9,286	Clack	3,505	88,087
#9,289	Leboeuf	3,504	88,112
#9,291	Heald	3,503	88,137
#9,293	Slusser	3,502	88,163
#9,297	Shamblin	3,501	88,188
#9,298	Spitz	3,500	88,213

Who is named Heald

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

93% of people named Heald identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
Two or more races 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Healds

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Anthony Heald
American actor, born 1944

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Heald

Heald has the Soundex code H430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H430.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Heald come from?: English surname, from the Old English noun hielde (“hill, slope”) (see -heald).
How common is the surname Heald?: 3,503 people in the United States had the surname Heald in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,137 Americans. It ranked 9,291st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Heald?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Heald identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Heald?: Anthony Heald, American actor.
Where is the surname Heald most common?: Wikidata records people named Heald in the United States.
Is the surname Heald getting more or less common?: More common. 3,445 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,503 in 2010, up 1.7%.