How common is the surname Hearns?

1,923 people in the United States had the surname Hearns in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 160,554 Americans. It ranked 15,272nd of 162,253 surnames.

Where is the surname Hearns most common?

Wikidata records people named Hearns in the United States.

Is the surname Hearns getting more or less common?

More common. 1,922 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,923 in 2010, up 0.1%.

The surname Hearns

A patronymic surname, carried by 1,923 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hearns is more common than 90.6% of them.

Origin

Patronymic from Hearn.

Hearns is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,923 people named Hearns in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 160,554 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,922.

#15,272

rank among US surnames

1,923

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+0.1%

change since 2000 (was #14,292)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,268	Tassone	1,924	160,471
#15,272	Trosper	1,923	160,554
#15,278	Stelter	1,922	160,638

Who is named Hearns

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

69% of people named Hearns identified as Black (not Hispanic), 25% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 69%
White (not Hispanic) 25%
Two or more races 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Hearnss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Thomas Hearns
American boxer, born 1958

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hearns

Hearns has the Soundex code H652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H652.

Questions

Where does the surname Hearns come from?: Patronymic from Hearn.
How common is the surname Hearns?: 1,923 people in the United States had the surname Hearns in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 160,554 Americans. It ranked 15,272nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hearns?: In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Hearns identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 25% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hearns?: Thomas Hearns, American boxer.
Where is the surname Hearns most common?: Wikidata records people named Hearns in the United States.
What type of surname is Hearns?: Hearns is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Hearns getting more or less common?: More common. 1,922 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,923 in 2010, up 0.1%.