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    The surname Heilman

    A surname, carried by 7,876 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H455

    Heilman: #4,504 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Heilman #4,504, 7,876 people Heilman: #4,504 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Heilman #4,504, 7,876 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Heilman is more common than 97.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 7,876 people named Heilman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,201 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,641.

    #4,504
    rank among US surnames
    7,876
    people in 2010
    2.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +18.6%
    change since 2000 (was #4,849)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,495Macleod7,88639,151
    #4,496Meister7,88539,156
    #4,498Garman7,88439,161
    #4,500Sanches7,88339,166
    #4,501Gunther7,88239,171
    #4,502Ethridge7,87839,191
    #4,503Arriola7,87739,196

    Who is named Heilman

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

    95% of people named Heilman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Heilman

    Heilman has the Soundex code H455, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H455.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Heilman?
    7,876 people in the United States had the surname Heilman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,201 Americans. It ranked 4,504th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Heilman?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Heilman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Heilman getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,641 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,876 in 2010, up 19%.