The Heaster Family Name

Records tie Heaster closely to Hester. Read literally, Heaster points to “Easter, or young beech”.

Heaster and Hester

Before spelling was fixed, Hester was also written Heaster. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

In the records

310 Americans were listed as Heaster in the 2010 census. It sits among the 100,000 most common last names in the country.

Arms associated with the name

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Hester surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

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