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The surname Hedin

A surname, carried by 1,470 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H350

Hedin: #18,694 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hedin #18,694, 1,470 people Hedin: #18,694 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hedin #18,694, 1,470 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hedin is more common than 88.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,470 people named Hedin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 210,031 Americans. That is down 7.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,580.

#18,694
rank among US surnames
1,470
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
-7%
change since 2000 (was #16,682)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#18,685Gettinger1,471209,888
#18,694Klose1,470210,031
#18,703Commander1,469210,174

Who is named Hedin

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

93% of people named Hedin identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 93%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
  • Two or more races 2.3%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hedin

Hedin 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 Hedin?
1,470 people in the United States had the surname Hedin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 210,031 Americans. It ranked 18,694th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hedin?
In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hedin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Hedin getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,580 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,470 in 2010, down 7.0%.