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    The surname Hafley

    A German surname, carried by 1,123 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H140

    Hafley: #22,809 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hafley #22,809, 1,123 people Hafley: #22,809 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hafley #22,809, 1,123 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hafley is more common than 85.9% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Americanized form of German Häfele.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,123 people named Hafley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 274,929 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,063.

    #22,809
    rank among US surnames
    1,123
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.6%
    change since 2000 (was #22,570)

    Who is named Hafley

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    91% of people named Hafley identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hafley

    Hafley has the Soundex code H140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H140.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hafley come from?
    Americanized form of German Häfele.
    How common is the surname Hafley?
    1,123 people in the United States had the surname Hafley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 274,929 Americans. It ranked 22,809th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hafley?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Hafley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Hafley getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,063 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,123 in 2010, up 5.6%.