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    The surname Heathcock

    A nickname surname, carried by 1,111 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H322

    Heathcock: #23,002 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Heathcock #23,002, 1,111 people Heathcock: #23,002 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Heathcock #23,002, 1,111 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Heathcock is more common than 85.8% of them.

    Origin

    A nickname, from heath cock.

    Heathcock is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,111 people named Heathcock in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 277,899 Americans. That is up 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,044.

    #23,002
    rank among US surnames
    1,111
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.4%
    change since 2000 (was #22,891)

    Who is named Heathcock

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

    94% of people named Heathcock identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as two or more races and 1.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Heathcock

    Heathcock has the Soundex code H322, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H322.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Heathcock come from?
    A nickname, from heath cock.
    How common is the surname Heathcock?
    1,111 people in the United States had the surname Heathcock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 277,899 Americans. It ranked 23,002nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Heathcock?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Heathcock identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as two or more races.
    What type of surname is Heathcock?
    Heathcock is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Heathcock getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,044 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,111 in 2010, up 6.4%.
    What are other spellings of Heathcock?
    Hathcock.