Hebenstreit

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hebenstreit, a nickname for a quarrelsome person, from heben (“to lift, raise”) + Streit (“quarrel, argument”).

Proper noun

Hebenstreit (plural Hebenstreits)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hebenstreit is the 38582^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 573 individuals. Hebenstreit is most common among White (97.03%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hebenstreit”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 150.