# Heath (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/heath/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 51,877 |
| US rank (2010) | 660 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 5,951 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.1% (50,307 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /hiːθ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | Haith |

## Etymology

English surname, from the noun heath.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Heath in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Heath in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

## People named Heath

- Tobin Heath, American soccer player
- Phil Heath, American bodybuilder
- Percy Heath, American musician (1923–2005)
- Albert Heath, American drummer (1935–2024)
- Jimmy Heath, American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader (1926–2020)
- Thomas Little Heath, British civil servant, mathematician and classicist (1861–1940)
- Liam Heath, British canoeist
- Rodney Heath, Australian tennis player (1884-1936)
- David Heath, American professional wrestler
- Mike Heath, American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder
- William Heath, American politician (1737-1814)
- Russ Heath, American comic artist (1926-2018)

and 1 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Haith, Heth, Head, Heit, Hood, Hewitt, Hyde, Hoyt, Hyatt, Haywood, Hathaway, Hite.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.