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    The surname Hehir

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 577 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H600

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hehir is more common than 76.3% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAichir (“descendant of Aichear”), a byname from aichear (“keen, sharp”).

    Hehir is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 577 people named Hehir in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 535,088 Americans. That is up 9.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 526.

    #38,389
    rank among US surnames
    577
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.7%
    change since 2000 (was #39,378)

    Who is named Hehir

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

    94% of people named Hehir identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
    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

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    Surnames that sound like Hehir

    Hehir has the Soundex code H600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H600.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hehir come from?
    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAichir (“descendant of Aichear”), a byname from aichear (“keen, sharp”).
    How common is the surname Hehir?
    577 people in the United States had the surname Hehir in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 535,088 Americans. It ranked 38,389th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hehir?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hehir identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Hehir?
    Hehir is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Hehir getting more or less common?
    More common. 526 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 577 in 2010, up 9.7%.