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    The surname Hefner

    A surname, carried by 8,100 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H156

    Hefner: #4,391 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hefner #4,391, 8,100 people Hefner: #4,391 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hefner #4,391, 8,100 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hefner is more common than 97.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,100 people named Hefner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,117 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 8,073.

    #4,391
    rank among US surnames
    8,100
    people in 2010
    2.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #4,044)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,386Montemayor8,10638,089
    #4,388Hynes8,10438,098
    #4,390Holcombe8,10338,103
    #4,391Hefner8,10038,117

    Who is named Hefner

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

    95% of people named Hefner identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hefners

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Hugh Hefner
      American businessman and magazine publisher (1926–2017)
    • Christie Hefner
      American businesswoman, born 1952
    • Crystal Harris
      American model, born 1986

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hefner

    Hefner has the Soundex code H156, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H156.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hefner?
    8,100 people in the United States had the surname Hefner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,117 Americans. It ranked 4,391st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hefner?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hefner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Hefner?
    Hugh Hefner, American businessman and magazine publisher (1926–2017), followed by Christie Hefner.
    Where is the surname Hefner most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hefner in the United States.
    Is the surname Hefner getting more or less common?
    More common. 8,073 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,100 in 2010, up 0.3%.