Explore the Family Name Heileman

The meaning of Heileman

Americanized form of German Heilemann: in part a variant of Heiler, and in part an assimilated derivative of Heinrich. Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt.

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Heileman saw a slight decrease in its popularity ranking between 2000 and 2010, moving from rank 56,392 to 56,588. Despite this decline in ranking, the actual count of people with the Heileman surname increased by 6.49%, growing from 339 in 2000 to 361 in 2010. However, when considering the proportion per 100k population, there was a 7.69% decrease, indicating that while the absolute numbers may have risen, the overall prevalence of the Heileman name within the U.S. population has decreased.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#56,392	#56,588	-0.35%
Count	339	361	6.49%
Proportion per 100k	0.13	0.12	-7.69%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Heileman

The ethnic identity associated with the Heileman surname also underwent some changes between 2000 and 2010, as documented in the Decennial U.S. Census. The percentage of individuals identifying as White decreased by 5.15%, going from 87.61% to 83.10%. Notably, there was an increase in those identifying as Hispanic and Black, rising by 56.50% and 17.43% respectively. In 2010, 2.77% identified as Hispanic (up from 1.77% in 2000) and 9.70% identified as Black (up from 8.26% in 2000). There was also a small portion (3.05%) who identified as of Two or more races in 2010, which was not present in 2000 data. No Heilemans identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	87.61%	83.1%	-5.15%
Black	8.26%	9.7%	17.43%
Two or More Races	0%	3.05%	0%
Hispanic	1.77%	2.77%	56.5%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%