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    The surname Heras

    A surname, carried by 1,830 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H620

    Heras: #15,889 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Heras #15,889, 1,830 people Heras: #15,889 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Heras #15,889, 1,830 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Heras is more common than 90.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,830 people named Heras in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 168,713 Americans. That is up 53% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,197.

    #15,889
    rank among US surnames
    1,830
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +52.9%
    change since 2000 (was #20,578)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,883Greenblatt1,831168,621
    #15,889Liebman1,830168,713
    #15,898Risser1,829168,806

    Who is named Heras

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

    92% of people named Heras identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Heras

    Heras has the Soundex code H620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H620.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Heras?
    1,830 people in the United States had the surname Heras in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 168,713 Americans. It ranked 15,889th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Heras?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Heras identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.1% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Heras getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,197 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,830 in 2010, up 53%.