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    The surname Hebb

    A surname, carried by 2,177 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H100

    Hebb: #13,874 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hebb #13,874, 2,177 people Hebb: #13,874 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hebb #13,874, 2,177 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hebb is more common than 91.4% of them.

    Origin

    As an English and Dutch surname, shortened from Herbert.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,177 people named Hebb in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 141,822 Americans. That is down 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,286.

    #13,874
    rank among US surnames
    2,177
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    -4.8%
    change since 2000 (was #12,456)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,867Flock2,179141,691
    #13,871Seman2,178141,756
    #13,874Hymes2,177141,822
    #13,883Vandenheuvel2,176141,887

    Who is named Hebb

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

    82% of people named Hebb identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hebbs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hebb

    Hebb has the Soundex code H100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H100.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hebb come from?
    As an English and Dutch surname, shortened from Herbert.
    How common is the surname Hebb?
    2,177 people in the United States had the surname Hebb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,822 Americans. It ranked 13,874th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hebb?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Hebb identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Hebb?
    Bobby Hebb, American singer-songwriter (1938-2010).
    Where is the surname Hebb most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hebb in the United States.
    Is the surname Hebb getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,286 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,177 in 2010, down 4.8%.