How common is the surname Heit?

709 people in the United States had the surname Heit in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 435,466 Americans. It ranked 32,438th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Heit?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Heit identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Heit getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,115 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 709 in 2010, down 36%.

The surname Heit

A surname, carried by 709 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Heit is more common than 80% of them.

Origin

From the German surname, from both Old High German heit (“manner, character”) and Heide (“heath”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 709 people named Heit in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 435,466 Americans. That is down 36% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,115.

#32,438

rank among US surnames

709

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-36.4%

change since 2000 (was #21,754)

Who is named Heit

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

92% of people named Heit identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Heit

Heit has the Soundex code H300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H300.

Questions

Where does the surname Heit come from?: From the German surname, from both Old High German heit (“manner, character”) and Heide (“heath”).
How common is the surname Heit?: 709 people in the United States had the surname Heit in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 435,466 Americans. It ranked 32,438th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Heit?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Heit identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Heit getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,115 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 709 in 2010, down 36%.