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    The surname Heffron

    A surname, carried by 2,380 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H165

    Heffron: #12,916 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Heffron #12,916, 2,380 people Heffron: #12,916 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Heffron #12,916, 2,380 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Heffron is more common than 92% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,380 people named Heffron in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 129,725 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,337.

    #12,916
    rank among US surnames
    2,380
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.8%
    change since 2000 (was #12,221)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,914Bartsch2,381129,671
    #12,916Davids2,380129,725
    #12,921Godbey2,379129,780

    Who is named Heffron

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

    96% of people named Heffron identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Heffron

    Heffron has the Soundex code H165, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H165.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Heffron?
    2,380 people in the United States had the surname Heffron in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 129,725 Americans. It ranked 12,916th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Heffron?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Heffron identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Heffron getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,337 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,380 in 2010, up 1.8%.