How common is the surname Hiser?

3,081 people in the United States had the surname Hiser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,210 Americans. It ranked 10,440th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hiser?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hiser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Hiser getting more or less common?

More common. 2,870 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,081 in 2010, up 7.4%.

The surname Hiser

A surname, carried by 3,081 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hiser is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,081 people named Hiser in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 100,210 Americans. That is up 7.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,870.

#10,440

rank among US surnames

3,081

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+7.4%

change since 2000 (was #10,289)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,434	Dineen	3,083	100,145
#10,437	Dyess	3,082	100,177
#10,440	Haslam	3,081	100,210
#10,445	Postell	3,080	100,242
#10,448	Hillier	3,079	100,275

Who is named Hiser

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

94% of people named Hiser identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hiser

Hiser has the Soundex code H260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H260.

Questions

How common is the surname Hiser?: 3,081 people in the United States had the surname Hiser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,210 Americans. It ranked 10,440th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hiser?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hiser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Hiser getting more or less common?: More common. 2,870 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,081 in 2010, up 7.4%.