How common is the surname Hisey?

1,197 people in the United States had the surname Hisey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 257,933 Americans. It ranked 21,736th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hisey?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hisey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Hisey getting more or less common?

More common. 1,163 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,197 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Hisey

A German surname, carried by 1,197 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hisey is more common than 86.6% of them.

Origin

German origin

Probably an Americanized spelling of German Heise.

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 1,197 people named Hisey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 257,933 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,163.

#21,736

rank among US surnames

1,197

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #21,054)

Who is named Hisey

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

95% of people named Hisey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hisey

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hisey come from?: Probably an Americanized spelling of German Heise.
How common is the surname Hisey?: 1,197 people in the United States had the surname Hisey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 257,933 Americans. It ranked 21,736th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hisey?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hisey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Hisey getting more or less common?: More common. 1,163 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,197 in 2010, up 2.9%.