Heeps

Topographic surname for someone who lived by a hill or mound, from Old English hēap (“heap, pile”).

Heeps (plural Heepses)

1. A surname from Old English.

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Heeps is the 1529^th most common surname in Scotland, belonging to 474 individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Heeps”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 152.