How common is the last name Heath?

49,412 people in the United States have the last name Heath, about 1 in 6,049. It ranks #672 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

HEATH

#672

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
49,412
About
1 in 6,049
This common or more
35.2%
Who bears it

Of the 49,412 people with the last name Heath, 77.2% reported their origin as White, 13.9% as Black and 4.2% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Heath

#670 Dickerson · 49,519#671 Mathews · 49,484#673 Oneill · 49,365#674 Atkins · 49,353

Spelled almost the same

One last name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Heath, most common first.

#28,435 Heth · 892

Also a first name

As a first name, Heath ranks #1,415 of 53,615, with 24,261 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1974, with 1,264 births. See Heath as a first name

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