Explore the Family Name Heartsill

The meaning of Heartsill

Probably an altered form of English Hartshill, a habitational name from a place in Warwickshire named Hartshill, from the Old English personal name Heardrēd + Old English hyll ‘hill’.

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How common is the last name Heartsill in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Heartsill saw a shift in its popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 73,931st most popular, but fell to 77,522nd by 2010, marking a decrease of 4.86%. While the overall ranking dropped, the actual count of people bearing this surname slightly increased from 244 in 2000 to 247 in 2010, an increase of 1.23%. However, the proportion of individuals with the surname Heartsill per 100,000 people declined by 11.11% over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#73,931	#77,522	-4.86%
Count	244	247	1.23%
Proportion per 100k	0.09	0.08	-11.11%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Heartsill

The ethnicity of individuals bearing the surname Heartsill has also seen changes according to Decennial U.S. Census data. The majority identify as White, with 93.85% in 2000 and 90.28% in 2010, showing a decline of 3.80%. No Heartsill identified as Black or Asian/Pacific Islander in either year. Individuals identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native made up 3.28% of Heartsills in 2000, falling to 2.83% in 2010, a decrease of 13.72%. Interestingly, no Heartsills identified as Hispanic in 2000, but by 2010, 4.45% did. Similarly, those claiming two or more ethnic identities made up 2.43% of Heartsills in 2010, a category that didn't exist in the 2000 census.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.85%	90.28%	-3.8%
Hispanic	0%	4.45%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	3.28%	2.83%	-13.72%
Two or More Races	0%	2.43%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%