How common is the surname Heggie?

1,004 people in the United States had the surname Heggie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 307,515 Americans. It ranked 24,802nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Heggie?

O.P. Heggie, American actor (1877-1936), followed by Jake Heggie.

Where is the surname Heggie most common?

Wikidata records people named Heggie in Australia and the United States.

Is the surname Heggie getting more or less common?

More common. 971 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,004 in 2010, up 3.4%.

The surname Heggie

A surname, carried by 1,004 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Heggie is more common than 84.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,004 people named Heggie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 307,515 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 971.

#24,802

rank among US surnames

1,004

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #24,200)

Who is named Heggie

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

69% of people named Heggie identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 69%
Black (not Hispanic) 25%
Two or more races 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Heggies

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

O.P. Heggie
American actor (1877-1936)
Jake Heggie
American opera composer and pianist, born 1961

Notable Heggies come mostly from Australia (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Heggie

Heggie has the Soundex code H200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H200.

Questions

How common is the surname Heggie?: 1,004 people in the United States had the surname Heggie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 307,515 Americans. It ranked 24,802nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Heggie?: In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Heggie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Heggie?: O.P. Heggie, American actor (1877-1936), followed by Jake Heggie.
Where is the surname Heggie most common?: Wikidata records people named Heggie in Australia and the United States.
Is the surname Heggie getting more or less common?: More common. 971 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,004 in 2010, up 3.4%.