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    The surname Heuer

    A German surname, carried by 4,350 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H600

    Heuer: #7,629 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Heuer #7,629, 4,350 people Heuer: #7,629 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Heuer #7,629, 4,350 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Heuer is more common than 95.3% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    From the German surname, from Heu (“hay”).

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,350 people named Heuer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 70,976 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,112.

    #7,629
    rank among US surnames
    4,350
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.8%
    change since 2000 (was #7,468)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,624Burkey4,35470,911
    #7,625Poteet4,35370,927
    #7,627Sandstrom4,35270,943
    #7,629Brann4,35070,976

    Who is named Heuer

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

    96% of people named Heuer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as two or more races and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Heuers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Roberta Williams
      American video game designer (b. 1953)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Heuer

    Heuer has the Soundex code H600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H600.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Heuer come from?
    From the German surname, from Heu (“hay”).
    How common is the surname Heuer?
    4,350 people in the United States had the surname Heuer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,976 Americans. It ranked 7,629th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Heuer?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Heuer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Heuer?
    Roberta Williams, American video game designer (b. 1953).
    Where is the surname Heuer most common?
    Wikidata records people named Heuer in the United States.
    Is the surname Heuer getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,112 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,350 in 2010, up 5.8%.