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The surname Hefty

A surname, carried by 1,112 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H130

Hefty: #22,989 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hefty #22,989, 1,112 people Hefty: #22,989 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hefty #22,989, 1,112 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hefty is more common than 85.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,112 people named Hefty in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 277,649 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,080.

#22,989
rank among US surnames
1,112
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+3%
change since 2000 (was #22,274)

Who is named Hefty

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

95% of people named Hefty identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
  • Two or more races 1.2%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
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 Hefty

Hefty has the Soundex code H130, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H130.

Questions

How common is the surname Hefty?
1,112 people in the United States had the surname Hefty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 277,649 Americans. It ranked 22,989th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hefty?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hefty identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Hefty getting more or less common?
More common. 1,080 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,112 in 2010, up 3.0%.