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The HESTER surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 34,675 919 0.013 128
United States (1880 census) 6,029 1018 0.012 121
Change since 1880 +28646 +99 +0.001 +7
Other Countries
Australia 523 3074 0.003 32
United Kingdom 1,471 3825 0.003 32
Top States for HESTER by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
North Carolina 3,273 346 0.041 407
Texas 3,210 846 0.015 154
Georgia 3,165 318 0.039 387
Alabama 2,708 262 0.061 609
Florida 2,042 1059 0.013 128
Top States for HESTER by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Alabama 2,708 262 0.061 609
Mississippi 1,450 300 0.051 510
North Carolina 3,273 346 0.041 407
Georgia 3,165 318 0.039 387
Tennessee 1,764 513 0.031 310

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called HESTER live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called HESTER represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called HESTER in North Carolina than any other state, but you are more likely to find a HESTER by picking someone at random in Alabama than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of HESTER

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Occupational Name

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the HESTER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the HESTER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of HESTER in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 503 1.45
White (Hispanic) 395 1.14
Asian/Pacific 146 0.42
Native American/Alaskan 128 0.37
White (Caucasian) 26,301 75.85
Black/African American 7,205 20.78

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the HESTER surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of HESTER in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of HESTER.

Similar names to HESTER

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as HESTER.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for HESTER

The following words are slight variants of HESTER that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.