Heller

Heller is the 1,477th most common surname in the United States, shared by 23,521 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 12,700.

By the numbers

People: 23,521
Rank: 1,477th
How common: 1 in 12,700
Per 100,000: 7.9

Where the name comes from

As a German surname, from a coin known as the häller, first minted at Schwäbisch Hall, compare Hall. Also as a Jewish habitational surname for someone from this area.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Heller described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 91.4%
Hispanic or Latino 3.0%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 2.6%
Black, not Hispanic 1.9%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.9%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.2%

Notable people called Heller

Joseph Heller (1923–1999)American writer
Ágnes Heller (1929–2019)Hungarian philosopher and academic
Michał Heller (born 1936)Polish philosopher, theologian, theoretical physicist and Roman Catholic priest
Dean Heller (born 1960)American politician
Stephen Heller (1813–1888)Classical pianist and composer
Marielle Heller (born 1979)American director, writer and actress
Bruno Heller (born 1960)British screenwriter and producer
Frank Heller (1886–1947)Swedish writer

People named Heller with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Heller

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.