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    The surname Heil

    A German surname, carried by 8,205 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H400

    Heil: #4,327 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Heil #4,327, 8,205 people Heil: #4,327 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Heil #4,327, 8,205 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Heil is more common than 97.3% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    As a German surname, shortened from Heinrich. As a German and Dutch surname, from the name Heila, from hail (“whole”).

    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 8,205 people named Heil in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,629 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 8,228.

    #4,327
    rank among US surnames
    8,205
    people in 2010
    2.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #3,961)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,318Winfield8,23037,515
    #4,319Sprouse8,22937,519
    #4,320Kirkwood8,22737,528
    #4,321Mowery8,22637,533
    #4,322Ahern8,22137,556
    #4,323Rhea8,21937,565
    #4,324Wild8,21737,574

    Who is named Heil

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

    95% of people named Heil identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • 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 Heil

    Heil has the Soundex code H400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H400.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Heil come from?
    As a German surname, shortened from Heinrich. As a German and Dutch surname, from the name Heila, from hail (“whole”).
    How common is the surname Heil?
    8,205 people in the United States had the surname Heil in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,629 Americans. It ranked 4,327th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Heil?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Heil identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Heil getting more or less common?
    Less common. 8,228 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,205 in 2010, down 0.3%.