Find out how popular the last name Heatherman is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Heatherman.

Heatherman, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Heatherman surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Heatherman in America

Heatherman is the 119508th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Heatherman surname appeared 145 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Heatherman.

We can also compare 2010 data for Heatherman to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Heatherman

The surname HEATHERMAN is believed to have originated in England during the medieval period, likely in the 12th or 13th century. It is derived from the Old English words "hæth," meaning "heathland" or "uncultivated ground," and "mann," meaning "man" or "person." This suggests that the name initially referred to someone who lived or worked on heathlands or uncultivated areas.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name HEATHERMAN can be found in the Norfolk Pipe Rolls of 1166, which mention a Robert Hetherman. This suggests that the name was already in use by the late 12th century in the county of Norfolk, in eastern England.

Another early reference to the name appears in the Subsidy Rolls of Yorkshire from 1297, which list a William Hetherman as a taxpayer in the village of Kirkby Malzeard. This indicates that by the late 13th century, the name had spread to other parts of northern England.

In the 14th century, the name HEATHERMAN is found in various records across England, including the Lay Subsidy Rolls of 1332, which mention a John Hetherman in Oxfordshire, and the Poll Tax Returns of 1379, which list a Thomas Hetherman in Yorkshire.

One notable early bearer of the name was Reginald Heatherman, who was born in Lincolnshire around 1410 and served as a member of the English Parliament for the borough of Grantham in 1447 and 1449.

In the 16th century, the surname HEATHERMAN appears in various parish records and court documents, often with variations in spelling, such as Hetherman, Hethirman, and Hethireman. One example is John Hethirman, who was born in Nottinghamshire in 1512 and served as a yeoman farmer.

During the 17th century, the name HEATHERMAN continued to be found across England, with bearers such as William Heatherman, born in Gloucestershire in 1623, and Elizabeth Heatherman, who married Richard Woodhouse in the parish of St. Giles Cripplegate, London, in 1674.

In the 18th century, the HEATHERMAN surname is recorded in various places, including the parish records of Warwickshire, where a Thomas Heatherman was born in 1712, and the baptismal records of Yorkshire, which mention a John Heatherman in 1764.

By the 19th century, the HEATHERMAN name had spread to other parts of the English-speaking world, including North America, where bearers such as James Heatherman, born in Pennsylvania in 1825, and William Heatherman, born in Ontario, Canada, in 1842, are documented.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Heatherman

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Heatherman.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Heatherman was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Heatherman has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Heatherman was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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