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    The surname Heeter

    A surname, carried by 2,131 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H360

    Heeter: #14,105 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Heeter #14,105, 2,131 people Heeter: #14,105 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Heeter #14,105, 2,131 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Heeter is more common than 91.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,131 people named Heeter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 144,883 Americans. That is up 7.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,976.

    #14,105
    rank among US surnames
    2,131
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.8%
    change since 2000 (was #14,006)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,096Vanpatten2,132144,815
    #14,105Heeter2,131144,883
    #14,111Shankar2,130144,951
    #14,113Militello2,129145,019

    Who is named Heeter

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

    95% of people named Heeter identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as two or more races and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Heeter

    Heeter has the Soundex code H360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H360.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Heeter?
    2,131 people in the United States had the surname Heeter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,883 Americans. It ranked 14,105th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Heeter?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Heeter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Heeter getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,976 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,131 in 2010, up 7.8%.