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    The surname Heims

    A surname, carried by 6,881 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H520

    Heims: #5,089 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Heims #5,089, 6,881 people Heims: #5,089 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Heims #5,089, 6,881 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Heims is more common than 96.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,881 people named Heims in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,869 Americans. That is up 521% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,108.

    #5,089
    rank among US surnames
    6,881
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +521%
    change since 2000 (was #21,866)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,083Corder6,88744,830
    #5,085Belk6,88644,837
    #5,086Calvo6,88344,856
    #5,089Heims6,88144,869

    Who is named Heims

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

    93% of people named Heims identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Heims

    Heims has the Soundex code H520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Heims?
    6,881 people in the United States had the surname Heims in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,869 Americans. It ranked 5,089th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Heims?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Heims identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Heims getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,108 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,881 in 2010, up 521%.