How Many People Have the Last Name Heath?
people had the surname Heath in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 5,685 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+1,570 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Heath (80.3%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 14.4%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Heath ranks #482. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 82.7% to 80.3%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Heath grew from 50,307 people in 2000 to 51,877 in 2010 (up 3.1%), and its rank fell from #614 to #660. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 18.65 to 17.59 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 50,307 | 51,877 |
| Rank | #614 | #660 |
| Per 100,000 people | 18.65 | 17.59 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Heath
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Heath: H300
👤 Heath as a First Name
Heath is a first name too: about 27,566 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
🧮 Your First Name + Heath
Look up another surname
⊙ We don't save the names you search.