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    The surname Heisey

    A surname, carried by 1,604 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H200

    Heisey: #17,541 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Heisey #17,541, 1,604 people Heisey: #17,541 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Heisey #17,541, 1,604 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Heisey is more common than 89.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,604 people named Heisey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 192,485 Americans. That is down 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,893.

    #17,541
    rank among US surnames
    1,604
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -15.3%
    change since 2000 (was #14,457)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,537Lipsky1,605192,365
    #17,541Rommel1,604192,485

    Who is named Heisey

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

    97% of people named Heisey identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Heisey

    Heisey has the Soundex code H200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Heisey?
    1,604 people in the United States had the surname Heisey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 192,485 Americans. It ranked 17,541st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Heisey?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Heisey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Heisey getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,893 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,604 in 2010, down 15%.