How common is the surname Handley?

9,722 people in the United States had the surname Handley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,757 Americans. It ranked 3,657th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Handley?

Taylor Handley, American actor, followed by Louis Handley.

Where is the surname Handley most common?

Wikidata records people named Handley in the United States and the United Kingdom.

How do you pronounce Handley?

Handley is /ˈhændli/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Handley getting more or less common?

More common. 9,671 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,722 in 2010, up 0.5%.

The surname Handley

A surname, carried by 9,722 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈhændli/ 2 syllables Soundex H534

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Handley is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,722 people named Handley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,757 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 9,671.

#3,657

rank among US surnames

9,722

people in 2010

3.3

per 100,000 Americans

+0.5%

change since 2000 (was #3,382)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,654	Cha	9,732	31,725
#3,655	Melo	9,731	31,728
#3,656	Keaton	9,723	31,754
#3,657	Handley	9,722	31,757

Who is named Handley

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

84% of people named Handley identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 10%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Handleys

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Taylor Handley
American actor, born 1984
Louis Handley
American swimmer, water polo player and coach, 1874–1956
Vernon Handley
British conductor (1930–2008)
Richard Handley
British cyclist, born 1990

Notable Handleys come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Handley

Handley has the Soundex code H534, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H534.

Questions

How common is the surname Handley?: 9,722 people in the United States had the surname Handley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,757 Americans. It ranked 3,657th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Handley?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Handley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Handley?: Taylor Handley, American actor, followed by Louis Handley.
Where is the surname Handley most common?: Wikidata records people named Handley in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Handley?: Handley is /ˈhændli/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Handley getting more or less common?: More common. 9,671 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,722 in 2010, up 0.5%.