How common is the surname Heston?

2,841 people in the United States had the surname Heston in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,675 Americans. It ranked 11,146th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Heston?

Charlton Heston, American actor (1923–2008), followed by Fraser Clarke Heston.

Where is the surname Heston most common?

Wikidata records people named Heston in the United States.

How do you pronounce Heston?

Heston is /ˈhɛstən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Heston getting more or less common?

More common. 2,792 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,841 in 2010, up 1.8%.

Is Heston also a first name?

Yes. Heston is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Heston

An English surname, carried by 2,841 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈhɛstən/ 2 syllables Soundex H235 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Heston is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English hǣs (“brushwood”) + tūn (“settlement”).

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,841 people named Heston in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 108,675 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,792.

#11,146

rank among US surnames

2,841

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #10,538)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,138	Henrich	2,843	108,599
#11,142	Getty	2,842	108,637
#11,146	Armand	2,841	108,675
#11,152	Lakes	2,840	108,713
#11,153	Litz	2,839	108,752
#11,154	Heyman	2,838	108,790

Who is named Heston

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

93% of people named Heston identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hestons

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charlton Heston
American actor (1923–2008)
Fraser Clarke Heston
American film director, producer and screenwriter, born 1955
Lydia Clarke
American actress and photographer (1923-2018)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Heston

Heston has the Soundex code H235, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H235.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Heston come from?: From Old English hǣs (“brushwood”) + tūn (“settlement”).
How common is the surname Heston?: 2,841 people in the United States had the surname Heston in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,675 Americans. It ranked 11,146th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Heston?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Heston identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Heston?: Charlton Heston, American actor (1923–2008), followed by Fraser Clarke Heston.
Where is the surname Heston most common?: Wikidata records people named Heston in the United States.
How do you pronounce Heston?: Heston is /ˈhɛstən/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Heston getting more or less common?: More common. 2,792 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,841 in 2010, up 1.8%.
Is Heston also a first name?: Yes. Heston is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.