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    The surname Hebenstreit

    A German nickname surname, carried by 573 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex H152

    Hebenstreit: #38,582 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Hebenstreit #38,582, 573 people Hebenstreit: #38,582 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Hebenstreit #38,582, 573 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hebenstreit is more common than 76.2% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Hebenstreit, a nickname for a quarrelsome person, from heben (“to lift, raise”) + Streit (“quarrel, argument”).

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

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 573 people named Hebenstreit in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 538,823 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 509.

    #38,582
    rank among US surnames
    573
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.6%
    change since 2000 (was #40,465)

    Who is named Hebenstreit

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

    97% of people named Hebenstreit identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hebenstreit come from?
    Borrowed from German Hebenstreit, a nickname for a quarrelsome person, from heben (“to lift, raise”) + Streit (“quarrel, argument”).
    How common is the surname Hebenstreit?
    573 people in the United States had the surname Hebenstreit in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 538,823 Americans. It ranked 38,582nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hebenstreit?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Hebenstreit identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Hebenstreit?
    Hebenstreit is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Hebenstreit getting more or less common?
    More common. 509 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 573 in 2010, up 13%.