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    The surname Hanley

    An English place surname, carried by 19,240 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H540

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hanley is more common than 98.9% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English hēan, weak dative case of hēah (“high”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Compare Henley, which shares the same etymology.

    Hanley is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 19,240 people named Hanley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,047 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 19,160.

    #1,864
    rank among US surnames
    19,240
    people in 2010
    6.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.4%
    change since 2000 (was #1,718)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,855Sheldon19,33915,965
    #1,856Pritchett19,33415,969
    #1,857Paulson19,33115,972
    #1,858Eddy19,32115,980
    #1,859Rock19,31315,986
    #1,860Roland19,31115,988
    #1,861Aranda19,29815,999

    Who is named Hanley

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

    88% of people named Hanley identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hanleys

    6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Paul Hanley
      Australian tennis player, born 1977
    • Daniel P. Hanley
      American film editor, born 1955
    • Dick Hanley
      American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, former world record-holder, 1936–2022
    • Jenny Hanley
      British actress, born 1947
    • Kay Hanley
      American alt-rock singer and songwriter, born 1968
    • Schoolboy Q
      American rapper, born 1986

    Notable Hanleys come mostly from the United States (4), Australia (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hanley

    Hanley has the Soundex code H540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H540.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hanley come from?
    From Old English hēan, weak dative case of hēah (“high”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Compare Henley, which shares the same etymology.
    How common is the surname Hanley?
    19,240 people in the United States had the surname Hanley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,047 Americans. It ranked 1,864th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hanley?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Hanley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Hanley?
    Paul Hanley, Australian tennis player, followed by Daniel P. Hanley.
    Where is the surname Hanley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hanley in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
    What type of surname is Hanley?
    Hanley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Hanley getting more or less common?
    More common. 19,160 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,240 in 2010, up 0.4%.