How common is the surname Hesser?

1,773 people in the United States had the surname Hesser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,137 Americans. It ranked 16,265th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hesser?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hesser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hesser?

David Hesser, American swimmer.

Where is the surname Hesser most common?

Wikidata records people named Hesser in the United States.

Is the surname Hesser getting more or less common?

More common. 1,457 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,773 in 2010, up 22%.

The surname Hesser

A surname, carried by 1,773 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hesser is more common than 90% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,773 people named Hesser in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 174,137 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,457.

#16,265

rank among US surnames

1,773

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+21.7%

change since 2000 (was #17,734)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,261	Kinkead	1,774	174,039
#16,265	Rake	1,773	174,137
#16,273	Layden	1,772	174,236

Who is named Hesser

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

95% of people named Hesser identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hessers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

David Hesser
American swimmer, 1884–1908

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hesser

Hesser has the Soundex code H260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H260.

Questions

How common is the surname Hesser?: 1,773 people in the United States had the surname Hesser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,137 Americans. It ranked 16,265th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hesser?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hesser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hesser?: David Hesser, American swimmer.
Where is the surname Hesser most common?: Wikidata records people named Hesser in the United States.
Is the surname Hesser getting more or less common?: More common. 1,457 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,773 in 2010, up 22%.