The surname Hanger
A surname, carried by 2,128 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex H526
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,128 people named Hanger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 145,087 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,984.
#14,119
rank among US surnames
2,128
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+7.3%
change since 2000 (was #13,957)
Who is named Hanger
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
89% of people named Hanger identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 89%
- Black (not Hispanic) 5.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
- Two or more races 1.8%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Hanger has the Soundex code H526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H526.
Questions
- How common is the surname Hanger?
- 2,128 people in the United States had the surname Hanger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,087 Americans. It ranked 14,119th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Hanger?
- In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Hanger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Hanger getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,984 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,128 in 2010, up 7.3%.