# Hesketh (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hesketh/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Old Norse.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norse |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 523 |
| US rank (2010) | 41,579 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 590,336 people |
| Change since 2000 | -24.3% (691 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Heskett |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from the village of Hesketh Bank, in Lancashire, from Old Norse hestr (“stallion”) + skeið (“racecourse”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hesketh in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.3% |

## Similar surnames

Haskett, Heskett, Heist, Hackett, Hecht, Haight, Hasty, Hight, Haught, Haygood, Hagood, Hassett.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.