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    The surname Hesson

    A surname, carried by 2,295 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H250

    Hesson: #13,291 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hesson #13,291, 2,295 people Hesson: #13,291 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hesson #13,291, 2,295 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hesson is more common than 91.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,295 people named Hesson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 134,530 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,273.

    #13,291
    rank among US surnames
    2,295
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1%
    change since 2000 (was #12,502)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,283Chaput2,296134,471
    #13,291Rolling2,295134,530
    #13,297Pruneda2,294134,588
    #13,300Golla2,293134,647

    Who is named Hesson

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

    94% of people named Hesson identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hessons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Myles Hesson
      British basketball player (born 1990)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hesson

    Hesson has the Soundex code H250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H250.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hesson?
    2,295 people in the United States had the surname Hesson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,530 Americans. It ranked 13,291st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hesson?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hesson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Hesson?
    Myles Hesson, British basketball player (born 1990).
    Where is the surname Hesson most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hesson in the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Hesson getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,273 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,295 in 2010, up 1.0%.