# Athey (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/athey/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,329 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,736 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 92,744 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.3% (3,073 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, contraction of Middle English at heye (“at the enclosure”). * As an Irish surname, spelling variant of Athy.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Athey in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Athey in the United States.

## People named Athey

- Susan Athey, American economist

## Similar surnames

Atha, Awad, Attaway, Ayotte, Addy, Aday, Ade, Addo, Attia.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.