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    The surname Hewett

    An English patronymic surname, carried by 6,336 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H300

    Hewett: #5,489 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hewett #5,489, 6,336 people Hewett: #5,489 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hewett #5,489, 6,336 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hewett is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From a Middle English diminutive of Hugh.

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

    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 6,336 people named Hewett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,729 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,159.

    #5,489
    rank among US surnames
    6,336
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.9%
    change since 2000 (was #5,211)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,480Warrick6,34748,644
    #5,481Huss6,34648,652
    #5,482Orth6,34548,660
    #5,484Lemoine6,34348,675
    #5,485Pender6,34048,698
    #5,486Galaviz6,33948,706
    #5,488Spiegel6,33848,713

    Who is named Hewett

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

    87% of people named Hewett identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.8%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hewetts

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Dorothy Coade Hewett
      Author, playwright and poet from Western Australia (1923-2002)
    • Christopher Hewett
      British actor and theatre director (1922-2001)
    • Herbie Hewett
      Amateur cricketer and lawyer (1864-1921)

    Notable Hewetts come mostly from Australia (1), the United Kingdom (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

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    Surnames that sound like Hewett

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

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    Questions

    Where does the surname Hewett come from?
    From a Middle English diminutive of Hugh.
    How common is the surname Hewett?
    6,336 people in the United States had the surname Hewett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,729 Americans. It ranked 5,489th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hewett?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Hewett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Hewett?
    Dorothy Coade Hewett, author, playwright and poet from Western Australia (1923-2002), followed by Christopher Hewett.
    Where is the surname Hewett most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hewett in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    What type of surname is Hewett?
    Hewett is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Hewett getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,159 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,336 in 2010, up 2.9%.