How common is the surname Heider?

2,807 people in the United States had the surname Heider in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,991 Americans. It ranked 11,264th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Heider?

Paul Heider, Austrian priest (1868–1936), followed by Karl Heider.

Where is the surname Heider most common?

Wikidata records people named Heider in Austria.

Is the surname Heider getting more or less common?

More common. 2,742 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,807 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Heider

A surname, carried by 2,807 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Heider is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

German and Swiss/Alemannic German surname, from the noun Heide (“heath”) + -er.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,807 people named Heider in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,991 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,742.

#11,264

rank among US surnames

2,807

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #10,692)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,256	Craighead	2,809	109,913
#11,257	Sterrett	2,808	109,952
#11,264	Buskirk	2,807	109,991
#11,269	Eckard	2,806	110,030
#11,272	Yeo	2,805	110,070
#11,273	Gallman	2,804	110,109

Who is named Heider

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

94% of people named Heider identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as two or more races and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Two or more races 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Heiders

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Paul Heider
Austrian priest (1868–1936)
Karl Heider
Austrian zoologist and university teacher (1856–1935)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Heider

Heider has the Soundex code H360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H360.

Questions

Where does the surname Heider come from?: German and Swiss/Alemannic German surname, from the noun Heide (“heath”) + -er.
How common is the surname Heider?: 2,807 people in the United States had the surname Heider in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,991 Americans. It ranked 11,264th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Heider?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Heider identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Heider?: Paul Heider, Austrian priest (1868–1936), followed by Karl Heider.
Where is the surname Heider most common?: Wikidata records people named Heider in Austria.
Is the surname Heider getting more or less common?: More common. 2,742 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,807 in 2010, up 2.4%.