How common is the surname Hanvey?

1,103 people in the United States had the surname Hanvey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 279,914 Americans. It ranked 23,135th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hanvey?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hanvey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Hanvey getting more or less common?

More common. 1,047 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,103 in 2010, up 5.3%.

The surname Hanvey

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 1,103 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H510

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hanvey is more common than 85.7% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAinbheith (“descendant of Ainbhioth”), a byname meaning "stormy".

Hanvey is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,103 people named Hanvey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 279,914 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,047.

#23,135

rank among US surnames

1,103

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5.3%

change since 2000 (was #22,833)

Who is named Hanvey

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

95% of people named Hanvey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Hanaway
Hannaway
Hanway

Hanvey has the Soundex code H510, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H510.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hanvey come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAinbheith (“descendant of Ainbhioth”), a byname meaning "stormy".
How common is the surname Hanvey?: 1,103 people in the United States had the surname Hanvey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 279,914 Americans. It ranked 23,135th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hanvey?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hanvey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Hanvey?: Hanvey is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Hanvey getting more or less common?: More common. 1,047 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,103 in 2010, up 5.3%.
What are other spellings of Hanvey?: Hanaway, Hannaway and Hanway.