# Heth (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/heth/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 957 |
| US rank (2010) | 25,751 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 322,618 people |
| Change since 2000 | -3.1% (988 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Likely of multiple origins, including: *From an anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Áed. *From Middle English heeth.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Heth in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 6.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Heth in the United States.

## People named Heth

- Joice Heth, African American enslaved person and sideshow performer

## Similar surnames

Heath, Huth, Heit, Hood, Hewitt, Hyde, Head, Hoyt, Hyatt, Haywood, Hathaway, Hite.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.