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Heath
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heath
English
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Alternative forms
surname en Haith
Etymology
English surname, from the noun en heath.
Pronunciation
en /hiːθ/
Proper noun
en.
Edward Heath, former British prime minister.
en male.
A number of places in the United Kingdom:
en village par/Heath and Holmewood dist/North East Derbyshire co/Derbyshire cc/England OS grid ref SK4466.
en hamlet par/Leintwardine co/Herefordshire cc/England OS grid ref SO3876.
en hamlet par/Abdon and Heath co/Shropshire cc/England OS grid ref SO5585.
en suburb town/Stourbridge metbor/Dudley co/West Midlands cc/England OS grid ref SO8983.
en small village par/Warmfield cum Heath city:Pref/Wakefield co/West Yorkshire cc/England OS grid ref SE3520.
en suburb/wcomm and ward in the City of city/Cardiff cc/Wales OS grid ref ST1780. Community map (Cardiff)
en with the definite article Hampstead Heath, a park in London.
en 1951 John Wyndham The Day of the Triffids Penguin Books 1954 Harmondsworth 13 "But it must be better still outside, though. They say thousands of people are out in the parks and on the Heath watching it all."
en number of places c/USA:
en town co/Covington County s/Alabama.
en extinct town twp:Suf/Perry co/Tippecanoe County s/Indiana.
en town co/Franklin County s/Massachusetts.
en twp co/Allegan County s/Michigan.
en unincorporated community co/Fergus County s/Montana.
en city co/Licking County s/Ohio.
en twp co/Jefferson County s/Pennsylvania.
en city co/Rockwall County and co/Kaufman County s/Texas.
Derived terms
en Heath and Holmewood
en Heath Robinson
en Heath Robinsonesque
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Heath is the 660th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 51,877 individuals. Heath is most common among White (80.30%) and Black (14.38%) individuals.
References
Anagrams
en aehht theah hathe
en London