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

Hiebert, 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 Hiebert surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Hiebert in America

Hiebert is the 12108th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Hiebert surname appeared 2,574 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Hiebert.

We can also compare 2010 data for Hiebert 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 Hiebert

The surname Hiebert has its origins in the Low German language spoken in northern Germany and the Netherlands. It is derived from the Germanic personal name Hugibert, which is composed of the elements "hug" meaning thought or mind, and "berht" meaning bright or famous. The earliest known spelling variants of the name include Hugibert, Hugebert, and Hubert.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Hiebert surname can be found in the town of Emden, East Frisia (now part of Lower Saxony, Germany), where a certain Johann Hiebert was documented in the 16th century. The name later spread to other areas of northern Germany, including the regions of Holstein and Schleswig.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, many Hieberts were part of the Mennonite religious movement, which originated in the Netherlands and northern Germany. As a result, the name became particularly prevalent among Mennonite communities in these regions, and later among Mennonite settlers in other parts of Europe and North America.

Notable individuals with the surname Hiebert include Peter Hiebert (1581-1652), a Dutch Mennonite leader and minister from Emden; Gerhard Hiebert (1632-1700), a Prussian Mennonite preacher and author; and Johann Hiebert (1765-1825), a German Mennonite farmer and landowner from the village of Petershagen, West Prussia.

In the 19th century, many Hieberts emigrated from Prussia and other parts of Germany to Russia, where they established Mennonite colonies in regions such as Ukraine and the Volga region. One of the most prominent figures from this period was David Hiebert (1847-1919), a Mennonite pioneer and leader who helped establish the Mennonite Brethren Church in Russia.

The Hiebert surname also became well-established in North America, particularly among Mennonite communities in Canada and the United States. One of the earliest recorded Hieberts in North America was Jacob Hiebert (1771-1848), a Prussian Mennonite who settled in Ontario, Canada in the early 19th century.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Hiebert

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

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 Hiebert 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 Hiebert 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 Hiebert was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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