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    The surname Heiss

    A surname, carried by 2,460 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H200

    Heiss: #12,584 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Heiss #12,584, 2,460 people Heiss: #12,584 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Heiss #12,584, 2,460 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Heiss is more common than 92.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,460 people named Heiss in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 125,506 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,394.

    #12,584
    rank among US surnames
    2,460
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.8%
    change since 2000 (was #11,971)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,576Hollman2,462125,404
    #12,581Storch2,461125,455
    #12,584Graver2,460125,506
    #12,587Leu2,459125,557
    #12,593Roesler2,458125,608

    Who is named Heiss

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

    96% of people named Heiss identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Heisss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Carol Heiss
      American figure skater and actress, born 1940

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Heiss

    Heiss 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 Heiss?
    2,460 people in the United States had the surname Heiss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 125,506 Americans. It ranked 12,584th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Heiss?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Heiss identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Heiss?
    Carol Heiss, American figure skater and actress.
    Where is the surname Heiss most common?
    Wikidata records people named Heiss in the United States.
    Is the surname Heiss getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,394 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,460 in 2010, up 2.8%.