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    The surname Hansley

    A surname, carried by 1,660 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H524

    Hansley: #17,097 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hansley #17,097, 1,660 people Hansley: #17,097 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hansley #17,097, 1,660 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hansley is more common than 89.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,660 people named Hansley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 185,991 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,347.

    #17,097
    rank among US surnames
    1,660
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +23.2%
    change since 2000 (was #18,802)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,097DeNicola1,660185,991
    #17,104Prioleau1,659186,103

    Who is named Hansley

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

    49% of people named Hansley identified as Black (not Hispanic), 46% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 49%
    • White (not Hispanic) 46%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hansley

    Hansley has the Soundex code H524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H524.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hansley?
    1,660 people in the United States had the surname Hansley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 185,991 Americans. It ranked 17,097th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hansley?
    In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Hansley identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 46% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Hansley getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,347 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,660 in 2010, up 23%.