Explore the Family Name Hett

The meaning of Hett

1. German: from a pet form of any of the many ancient Germanic personal names formed with hadu ‘strife’ as the first element. 2. English: habitational name from Hett in Merrington (Durham), from Old English hætt ‘hat, hat-shaped hill’. 3. English: variant of Hatt.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Hett has seen a drop in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Hett was ranked 31,704th in terms of popularity among surnames and had 689 occurrences. By 2010, the rank dropped to 33,450th with only 682 instances of the surname, indicating a decline of 1.02%. The proportion of people with the Hett surname per 100,000 also saw a decrease of 11.54% over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#31,704	#33,450	-5.51%
Count	689	682	-1.02%
Proportion per 100k	0.26	0.23	-11.54%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Hett

In terms of ethnic identity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows changes for the Hett surname between 2000 and 2010. While the majority of people with this surname identified as White in both census years (96.81% in 2000 and 95.75% in 2010), there were notable shifts in other categories. For example, there was an increase in people identifying as Hispanic, from 0.87% in 2000 to 1.03% in 2010. Additionally, the 2010 data showed that 0.73% identified as Asian/Pacific Islander and 1.61% reported belonging to two or more races, which was not documented in the previous census. Conversely, the percentage of the Black population declined to zero in 2010 while the American Indian and Alaskan Native category remained at zero in both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.81%	95.75%	-1.09%
Two or More Races	0%	1.61%	0%
Hispanic	0.87%	1.03%	18.39%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.73%	0%
Black	1.02%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%