# Hebb (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hebb/  
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) | 2,177 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,874 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 141,822 people |
| Change since 2000 | -4.8% (2,286 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

As an English and Dutch surname, shortened from Herbert.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hebb 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) | 82% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hebb in the United States.

## People named Hebb

- Bobby Hebb, American singer-songwriter (1938-2010)

## Similar surnames

Hieb, Huff, Hope, Hoff, Hoppe, Hovey, Hupp, Hipp, Hopp, Hobby, Hove, Hepp.

## 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.