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    The surname Hailu

    An Amharic surname, carried by 1,164 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H400

    Hailu: #22,183 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hailu #22,183, 1,164 people Hailu: #22,183 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hailu #22,183, 1,164 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hailu is more common than 86.3% of them.

    Origin

    Amharic origin

    Borrowed from Amharic ኃይሉ (ḫaylu).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,164 people named Hailu in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 265,245 Americans. That is up 101% since 2000, when the Census counted 578.

    #22,183
    rank among US surnames
    1,164
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +101.4%
    change since 2000 (was #36,531)

    Who is named Hailu

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

    96% of people named Hailu identified as Black (not Hispanic), 1.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 96%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hailu

    Hailu has the Soundex code H400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H400.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hailu come from?
    Borrowed from Amharic ኃይሉ (ḫaylu).
    How common is the surname Hailu?
    1,164 people in the United States had the surname Hailu in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 265,245 Americans. It ranked 22,183rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hailu?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hailu identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Hailu getting more or less common?
    More common. 578 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,164 in 2010, up 101%.