How common is the surname Hedrick?

18,804 people in the United States had the surname Hedrick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,419 Americans. It ranked 1,918th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hedrick?

Chad Hedrick, American speed skater.

Where is the surname Hedrick most common?

Wikidata records people named Hedrick in the United States.

How do you pronounce Hedrick?

Hedrick is /ˈhɛdɹɪk/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Hedrick getting more or less common?

More common. 18,359 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,804 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Hedrick

A surname, carried by 18,804 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈhɛdɹɪk/ 2 syllables Soundex H362

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hedrick is more common than 98.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 18,804 people named Hedrick in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,419 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 18,359.

#1,918

rank among US surnames

18,804

people in 2010

6.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #1,795)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,909	Sumner	18,838	16,390
#1,910	Saavedra	18,834	16,393
#1,912	Landis	18,826	16,400
#1,913	Caudill	18,822	16,403
#1,914	Jacobsen	18,820	16,405
#1,916	Diehl	18,815	16,410
#1,917	Alarcon	18,805	16,418

Who is named Hedrick

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

93% of people named Hedrick identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hedricks

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Chad Hedrick
American speed skater, born 1977

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hedrick

Hedrick has the Soundex code H362, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H362.

Questions

How common is the surname Hedrick?: 18,804 people in the United States had the surname Hedrick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,419 Americans. It ranked 1,918th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hedrick?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hedrick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hedrick?: Chad Hedrick, American speed skater.
Where is the surname Hedrick most common?: Wikidata records people named Hedrick in the United States.
How do you pronounce Hedrick?: Hedrick is /ˈhɛdɹɪk/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Hedrick getting more or less common?: More common. 18,359 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,804 in 2010, up 2.4%.