How common is the surname Heid?

4,040 people in the United States had the surname Heid in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,422 Americans. It ranked 8,213th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Heid getting more or less common?

More common. 2,458 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,040 in 2010, up 64%.

The surname Heid

A German surname, carried by 4,040 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Heid is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

German origin

From the German surname, from Middle High German heide; see modern German Heide (“heathland”).

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,040 people named Heid in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,422 Americans. That is up 64% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,458.

#8,213

rank among US surnames

4,040

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+64.4%

change since 2000 (was #11,692)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,206	Matamoros	4,044	76,347
#8,209	Asuncion	4,042	76,384
#8,212	Delisle	4,041	76,403
#8,213	Hartsell	4,040	76,422
#8,216	Ji	4,039	76,441
#8,217	Sheth	4,038	76,460

Who is named Heid

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

90% of people named Heid identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Heid

Heid has the Soundex code H300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H300.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Heid come from?: From the German surname, from Middle High German heide; see modern German Heide (“heathland”).
How common is the surname Heid?: 4,040 people in the United States had the surname Heid in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,422 Americans. It ranked 8,213th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Heid?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Heid identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Heid getting more or less common?: More common. 2,458 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,040 in 2010, up 64%.