How common is the surname Heath?

51,877 people in the United States had the surname Heath in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,951 Americans. It ranked 660th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Heath?

Tobin Heath, American soccer player, followed by Phil Heath.

Where is the surname Heath most common?

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

How do you pronounce Heath?

Heath is /hiːθ/, one syllable.

Is the surname Heath getting more or less common?

More common. 50,307 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 51,877 in 2010, up 3.1%.

Is Heath also a first name?

Yes. Heath is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Heath

A surname, carried by 51,877 people in the United States.

Pronounced /hiːθ/ 1 syllable Soundex H300 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Heath is more common than 99.6% of them.

Origin

English surname, from the noun heath.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 51,877 people named Heath in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 5,951 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 50,307.

#660

rank among US surnames

51,877

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #614)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#651	Sweeney	52,410	5,891
#652	Farrell	52,321	5,901
#653	Wyatt	52,211	5,913
#654	Dalton	52,184	5,916
#655	Horn	52,138	5,922
#656	Barron	52,070	5,929
#657	Phelps	52,044	5,932

Who is named Heath

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

80% of people named Heath identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Heaths

13 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tobin Heath
American soccer player, born 1988
Phil Heath
American bodybuilder, born 1979
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, born 1984
Rodney Heath
Australian tennis player (1884-1936)
David Heath
American professional wrestler, born 1969
Mike Heath
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder, born 1964
William Heath
American politician (1737-1814)
Russ Heath
American comic artist (1926-2018)

Notable Heaths come mostly from the United States (10), the United Kingdom (2) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Haith

Surnames that sound like Heath

Heath has the Soundex code H300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H300.

Questions

Where does the surname Heath come from?: English surname, from the noun heath.
How common is the surname Heath?: 51,877 people in the United States had the surname Heath in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,951 Americans. It ranked 660th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Heath?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Heath identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Heath?: Tobin Heath, American soccer player, followed by Phil Heath.
Where is the surname Heath most common?: Wikidata records people named Heath in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.
How do you pronounce Heath?: Heath is /hiːθ/, one syllable.
Is the surname Heath getting more or less common?: More common. 50,307 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 51,877 in 2010, up 3.1%.
What are other spellings of Heath?: Haith.
Is Heath also a first name?: Yes. Heath is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.