How common is the surname Hewes?

1,830 people in the United States had the surname Hewes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 168,713 Americans. It ranked 15,889th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hewes?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hewes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Hewes getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,954 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,830 in 2010, down 6.3%.

The surname Hewes

A patronymic surname, carried by 1,830 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hewes is more common than 90.2% of them.

Origin

From Hugh + patronymic suffix -s.

Hewes is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,830 people named Hewes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 168,713 Americans. That is down 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,954.

#15,889

rank among US surnames

1,830

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-6.3%

change since 2000 (was #14,127)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,883	Greenblatt	1,831	168,621
#15,889	Liebman	1,830	168,713
#15,898	Risser	1,829	168,806

Who is named Hewes

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

95% of people named Hewes identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hewes

Hewes has the Soundex code H200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H200.

Questions

Where does the surname Hewes come from?: From Hugh + patronymic suffix -s.
How common is the surname Hewes?: 1,830 people in the United States had the surname Hewes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 168,713 Americans. It ranked 15,889th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hewes?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hewes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Hewes?: Hewes is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Hewes getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,954 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,830 in 2010, down 6.3%.