How common is the surname Hesse?

6,084 people in the United States had the surname Hesse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,747 Americans. It ranked 5,697th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hesse?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hesse identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hesse?

Philip, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Austrian general and Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, followed by Prince Ludwig Gruno, Hereditary Prince of Hesse-Homburg.

Where is the surname Hesse most common?

Wikidata records people named Hesse in Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg.

How do you pronounce Hesse?

Hesse is /ˈhɛs/, one syllable.

Is the surname Hesse getting more or less common?

More common. 5,929 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,084 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Hesse

A German surname, carried by 6,084 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈhɛs/ 1 syllable Soundex H200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hesse is more common than 96.5% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Hesse.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,084 people named Hesse in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,747 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,929.

#5,697

rank among US surnames

6,084

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #5,406)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,692	Barnum	6,090	50,697
#5,694	Evenson	6,088	50,714
#5,695	Avendano	6,086	50,730
#5,697	Chaudhry	6,084	50,747

Who is named Hesse

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

94% of people named Hesse identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hesses

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Philip, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
Austrian general and Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, 1779–1846
Prince Ludwig Gruno, Hereditary Prince of Hesse-Homburg
(1705-1745)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hesse

Hesse has the Soundex code H200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H200.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hesse come from?: Borrowed from German Hesse.
How common is the surname Hesse?: 6,084 people in the United States had the surname Hesse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,747 Americans. It ranked 5,697th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hesse?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hesse identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hesse?: Philip, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Austrian general and Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, followed by Prince Ludwig Gruno, Hereditary Prince of Hesse-Homburg.
Where is the surname Hesse most common?: Wikidata records people named Hesse in Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg.
How do you pronounce Hesse?: Hesse is /ˈhɛs/, one syllable.
Is the surname Hesse getting more or less common?: More common. 5,929 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,084 in 2010, up 2.6%.