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    The surname Height

    A surname, carried by 1,488 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H230

    Height: #18,540 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Height #18,540, 1,488 people Height: #18,540 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Height #18,540, 1,488 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Height is more common than 88.6% of them.

    Origin

    English surname, spelling variant of Hight.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,488 people named Height in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 207,490 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,343.

    #18,540
    rank among US surnames
    1,488
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.8%
    change since 2000 (was #18,836)

    Who is named Height

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

    49% of people named Height identified as white (not Hispanic), 45% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 49%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 45%
    • Two or more races 3.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Heights

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Dorothy Height
      American activist (1912-2010)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Height

    Height has the Soundex code H230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H230.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Height come from?
    English surname, spelling variant of Hight.
    How common is the surname Height?
    1,488 people in the United States had the surname Height in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,490 Americans. It ranked 18,540th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Height?
    In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Height identified as white (not Hispanic), and 45% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Height?
    Dorothy Height, American activist (1912-2010).
    Where is the surname Height most common?
    Wikidata records people named Height in the United States.
    Is the surname Height getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,343 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,488 in 2010, up 11%.