How common is the surname Heth?

957 people in the United States had the surname Heth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 322,618 Americans. It ranked 25,751st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Heth?

In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Heth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Heth?

Joice Heth, African American enslaved person and sideshow performer.

Where is the surname Heth most common?

Wikidata records people named Heth in the United States.

Is the surname Heth getting more or less common?

Less common. 988 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 957 in 2010, down 3.1%.

The surname Heth

An English surname, carried by 957 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Heth is more common than 84.1% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

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 957 people named Heth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 322,618 Americans. That is down 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 988.

#25,751

rank among US surnames

957

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-3.1%

change since 2000 (was #23,863)

Who is named Heth

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

88% of people named Heth identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.2% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Heths

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joice Heth
African American enslaved person and sideshow performer, 1756–1836

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Heth

Heth has the Soundex code H300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H300.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Heth come from?: Likely of multiple origins, including: *From an anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Áed. *From Middle English heeth.
How common is the surname Heth?: 957 people in the United States had the surname Heth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 322,618 Americans. It ranked 25,751st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Heth?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Heth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.7% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Heth?: Joice Heth, African American enslaved person and sideshow performer.
Where is the surname Heth most common?: Wikidata records people named Heth in the United States.
Is the surname Heth getting more or less common?: Less common. 988 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 957 in 2010, down 3.1%.