The surname Hebron
A Latin surname, carried by 1,595 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex H165
Origin
Latin origin
Borrowed from Latin Hebrōn, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew חֶבְרוֹן (Ḥeḇrōn), possibly via Ancient Greek Χεβρών (Khebrṓn).
One of 91 Latin surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,595 people named Hebron in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 193,571 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,448.
Who is named Hebron
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
49% of people named Hebron identified as Black (not Hispanic), 33% as white (not Hispanic) and 11% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Black (not Hispanic) 49%
- White (not Hispanic) 33%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 11%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Hebron has the Soundex code H165, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H165.
Other Latin surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Hebron come from?
- Borrowed from Latin Hebrōn, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew חֶבְרוֹן (Ḥeḇrōn), possibly via Ancient Greek Χεβρών (Khebrṓn).
- How common is the surname Hebron?
- 1,595 people in the United States had the surname Hebron in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 193,571 Americans. It ranked 17,613th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Hebron?
- In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Hebron identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 33% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Hebron getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,448 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,595 in 2010, up 10%.