Explore the Family Name Hegland

The meaning of Hegland

Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farmsteads, notably in Agder and southwestern Norway, named Heggland in Old Norse, from heggr ‘bird cherry (tree)’ + land ‘(piece of) land, farmstead’. Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Gudrun, Hjalmer, Sig, Tor.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Hegland saw a slight increase in popularity between 2000 and 2010, moving from rank 27,289 to 26,339, a change of approximately 3.48%. In terms of numbers, there was an 11.28% growth in people with the Hegland surname over the decade, going up from 833 in 2000 to 927 in 2010. Despite this rise, the proportion of Heglands per 100,000 people remained stable at 0.31.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#27,289	#26,339	3.48%
Count	833	927	11.28%
Proportion per 100k	0.31	0.31	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Hegland

The Decennial U.S. Census also provides information on the ethnic identity associated with the surname Hegland. From 2000 to 2010, the percentage of Heglands identifying as White slightly decreased by 1.34% but remained the dominant ethnicity at 94.28%. The proportion of Heglands identifying as Hispanic saw an increase of 43.89%, although they constitute a relatively small part of the overall population at 2.59%. The number of Heglands identifying with two or more races also saw a substantial increase of 70.83%, reaching 2.05% in 2010. No change was reported for those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native, with the census data either showing zero or being suppressed for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.56%	94.28%	-1.34%
Hispanic	1.8%	2.59%	43.89%
Two or More Races	1.2%	2.05%	70.83%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.6%	0%	0%