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    The surname Heiser

    A German surname, carried by 6,606 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H260

    Heiser: #5,277 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Heiser #5,277, 6,606 people Heiser: #5,277 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Heiser #5,277, 6,606 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Heiser is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Heiser.

    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 6,606 people named Heiser in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,737 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,249.

    #5,277
    rank among US surnames
    6,606
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.7%
    change since 2000 (was #5,152)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,268Rife6,62046,638
    #5,269Cowell6,61846,652
    #5,270Novotny6,61746,659
    #5,271Viola6,61646,666
    #5,273Vollmer6,61446,681
    #5,274Burchfield6,61246,695
    #5,275Marchand6,61046,709

    Who is named Heiser

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

    95% of people named Heiser identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Heisers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jessika Carr
      American referee and professional wrestler, born 1991

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Hizer

    Surnames that sound like Heiser

    Heiser has the Soundex code H260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H260.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Heiser come from?
    Borrowed from German Heiser.
    How common is the surname Heiser?
    6,606 people in the United States had the surname Heiser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,737 Americans. It ranked 5,277th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Heiser?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Heiser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Heiser?
    Jessika Carr, American referee and professional wrestler.
    Where is the surname Heiser most common?
    Wikidata records people named Heiser in the United States.
    Is the surname Heiser getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,249 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,606 in 2010, up 5.7%.
    What are other spellings of Heiser?
    Hizer.