How common is the surname Hedden?

3,704 people in the United States had the surname Hedden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,355 Americans. It ranked 8,844th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hedden?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hedden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Hedden getting more or less common?

More common. 3,644 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,704 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Hedden

A surname, carried by 3,704 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H350

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hedden is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,704 people named Hedden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,355 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,644.

#8,844

rank among US surnames

3,704

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #8,350)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,841	Pinkham	3,706	83,310
#8,843	Colter	3,705	83,332
#8,844	Cusack	3,704	83,355
#8,848	Sweatt	3,703	83,377
#8,850	Dunston	3,702	83,400
#8,853	Marano	3,701	83,422

Who is named Hedden

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

95% of people named Hedden identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hedden

Hedden has the Soundex code H350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H350.

Questions

How common is the surname Hedden?: 3,704 people in the United States had the surname Hedden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,355 Americans. It ranked 8,844th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hedden?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hedden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Hedden getting more or less common?: More common. 3,644 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,704 in 2010, up 1.6%.