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    The surname Heskett

    A surname, carried by 1,997 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H230

    Heskett: #14,838 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Heskett #14,838, 1,997 people Heskett: #14,838 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Heskett #14,838, 1,997 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Heskett is more common than 90.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,997 people named Heskett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 154,605 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,744.

    #14,838
    rank among US surnames
    1,997
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.5%
    change since 2000 (was #15,428)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,834Dames1,998154,527
    #14,838Degen1,997154,605
    #14,842Pfau1,996154,682

    Who is named Heskett

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

    92% of people named Heskett identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as two or more races and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Heskett

    Heskett has the Soundex code H230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H230.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Heskett?
    1,997 people in the United States had the surname Heskett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 154,605 Americans. It ranked 14,838th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Heskett?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Heskett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Heskett getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,744 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,997 in 2010, up 15%.