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    The surname Haverty

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 729 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex H163

    Haverty: #31,689 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Haverty #31,689, 729 people Haverty: #31,689 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Haverty #31,689, 729 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Haverty is more common than 80.5% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hÁbhartaigh (“descendant of Ábhartach”), a personal name of unclear origin.

    Haverty 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 729 people named Haverty in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 423,519 Americans. That is down 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 875.

    #31,689
    rank among US surnames
    729
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -16.7%
    change since 2000 (was #26,267)

    Who is named Haverty

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

    95% of people named Haverty identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Haverty

    Haverty has the Soundex code H163, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H163.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Haverty come from?
    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hÁbhartaigh (“descendant of Ábhartach”), a personal name of unclear origin.
    How common is the surname Haverty?
    729 people in the United States had the surname Haverty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 423,519 Americans. It ranked 31,689th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Haverty?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Haverty identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Haverty?
    Haverty is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Haverty getting more or less common?
    Less common. 875 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 729 in 2010, down 17%.