How common is the surname Heikkila?

1,308 people in the United States had the surname Heikkila in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,044 Americans. It ranked 20,322nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Heikkila getting more or less common?

More common. 1,263 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,308 in 2010, up 3.6%.

The surname Heikkila

A Finnish surname, carried by 1,308 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex H240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Heikkila is more common than 87.5% of them.

Origin

Finnish origin

Borrowed from Finnish Heikkilä.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,308 people named Heikkila in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 236,044 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,263.

#20,322

rank among US surnames

1,308

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #19,734)

Who is named Heikkila

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

97% of people named Heikkila identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Two or more races 1.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

Where does the surname Heikkila come from?: Borrowed from Finnish Heikkilä.
How common is the surname Heikkila?: 1,308 people in the United States had the surname Heikkila in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,044 Americans. It ranked 20,322nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Heikkila?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Heikkila identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as two or more races.
Is the surname Heikkila getting more or less common?: More common. 1,263 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,308 in 2010, up 3.6%.