How common is the last name Hester?

33,543 people in the United States have the last name Hester, about 1 in 8,911. It ranks #1,025 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

HESTER

#1,025

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
33,543
About
1 in 8,911
This common or more
40%
Who bears it

Of the 33,543 people with the last name Hester, 69.8% reported their origin as White, 21.8% as Black and 4.5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Hester

#1,023 Mayo · 33,564#1,024 Ly · 33,559#1,026 Hendrix · 33,528#1,027 Archer · 33,513

Spelled almost the same

4 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Hester, most common first.

#32,272 Heister · 765#65,688 Heaster · 326#86,457 Hesters · 232#100,867 Hexter · 191

Also a first name

As a first name, Hester ranks #5,687 of 53,615, with 2,970 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1918, with 407 births. See Hester as a first name

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