Explore the Family Name Hege

The meaning of Hege

German: habitational name from Hege in Bavaria or from any of several places in Switzerland named Hegi; or a topographic name from Middle High German hege ‘fence, hedge’ or Middle Low German hege ‘hedge, small wood, enclosed dwelling’.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Hege has seen a slight increase in popularity between 2000 and 2010. The rank of this surname moved up from 17846 to 17657, reflecting an improvement of 1.06%. Similarly, the count of individuals with the Hege surname also saw an increase of 10.03%, moving from 1446 in the year 2000 to 1591 by 2010. Despite these changes, the proportion of individuals with the Hege surname per 100k remained consistent at 0.54.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#17,846	#17,657	1.06%
Count	1,446	1,591	10.03%
Proportion per 100k	0.54	0.54	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Hege

The ethnicity associated with the surname Hege saw some minor shifts between 2000 and 2010, according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census. In terms of the two or more races category, there was a notable increase of 135.42%, moving from 0.48 to 1.13. This suggests an increase in interethnic marriages or children of mixed ethnic identities. However, the majority of individuals with the surname still identify as White, though this percentage did decrease slightly from 97.23 to 96.10. Individuals identifying as Hispanic or Black showed modest increases of 23.68% and 16.49% respectively. There were no recorded persons identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.23%	96.1%	-1.16%
Two or More Races	0.48%	1.13%	135.42%
Black	0.97%	1.13%	16.49%
Hispanic	0.76%	0.94%	23.68%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%