How common is the surname Hedge?

3,805 people in the United States had the surname Hedge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,142 Americans. It ranked 8,641st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Hedge getting more or less common?

More common. 3,581 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,805 in 2010, up 6.3%.

The surname Hedge

A surname, carried by 3,805 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hedge is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,805 people named Hedge in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,142 Americans. That is up 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,581.

#8,641

rank among US surnames

3,805

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+6.3%

change since 2000 (was #8,476)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,634	Rankins	3,809	81,057
#8,635	Waites	3,808	81,078
#8,639	McSweeney	3,807	81,099
#8,641	Zacharias	3,805	81,142
#8,645	Shanklin	3,804	81,163
#8,646	Weeden	3,803	81,185
#8,648	Burdine	3,802	81,206

Who is named Hedge

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

85% of people named Hedge identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 4.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hedge

Hedge has the Soundex code H320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H320.

Questions

How common is the surname Hedge?: 3,805 people in the United States had the surname Hedge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,142 Americans. It ranked 8,641st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hedge?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Hedge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Hedge getting more or less common?: More common. 3,581 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,805 in 2010, up 6.3%.