How common is the surname Heber?

828 people in the United States had the surname Heber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 372,881 Americans. It ranked 28,746th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Heber?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Heber identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

How do you pronounce Heber?

Heber is /ˈhibɚ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Heber getting more or less common?

Less common. 883 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 828 in 2010, down 6.2%.

Is Heber also a first name?

Yes. Heber 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 Heber

A German surname, carried by 828 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈhibɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex H160 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). Heber is more common than 82.3% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew עֵבֶר (ʿĒḇer). The town in Arizona is named after either Heber C. Kimball or Heber J. Grant, both Mormon leaders.

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 828 people named Heber in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 372,881 Americans. That is down 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 883.

#28,746

rank among US surnames

828

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-6.2%

change since 2000 (was #26,078)

Who is named Heber

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

90% of people named Heber identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Heber

Heber has the Soundex code H160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H160.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Heber come from?: Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew עֵבֶר (ʿĒḇer). The town in Arizona is named after either Heber C. Kimball or Heber J. Grant, both Mormon leaders.
How common is the surname Heber?: 828 people in the United States had the surname Heber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 372,881 Americans. It ranked 28,746th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Heber?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Heber identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
How do you pronounce Heber?: Heber is /ˈhibɚ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Heber getting more or less common?: Less common. 883 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 828 in 2010, down 6.2%.
Is Heber also a first name?: Yes. Heber 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.