How common is the surname Heater?

3,634 people in the United States had the surname Heater in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,960 Americans. It ranked 9,001st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Heater getting more or less common?

More common. 3,323 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,634 in 2010, up 9.4%.

The surname Heater

A surname, carried by 3,634 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Heater is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,634 people named Heater in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 84,960 Americans. That is up 9.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,323.

#9,001

rank among US surnames

3,634

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+9.4%

change since 2000 (was #9,046)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,993	Rehm	3,637	84,890
#8,994	Patricio	3,636	84,914
#8,999	Turgeon	3,635	84,937
#9,001	Nolt	3,634	84,960
#9,003	Hames	3,633	84,984
#9,006	Cogan	3,631	85,030

Who is named Heater

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

95% of people named Heater identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Heater

Heater has the Soundex code H360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H360.

Questions

How common is the surname Heater?: 3,634 people in the United States had the surname Heater in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,960 Americans. It ranked 9,001st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Heater?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Heater identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Heater getting more or less common?: More common. 3,323 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,634 in 2010, up 9.4%.