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    The surname Hayles

    A surname, carried by 1,479 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H420

    Hayles: #18,614 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hayles #18,614, 1,479 people Hayles: #18,614 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hayles #18,614, 1,479 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hayles is more common than 88.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,479 people named Hayles in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 208,753 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,194.

    #18,614
    rank among US surnames
    1,479
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +23.9%
    change since 2000 (was #20,618)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,609Bosquez1,480208,612
    #18,614Hayles1,479208,753
    #18,622Soroka1,478208,894

    Who is named Hayles

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

    51% of people named Hayles identified as Black (not Hispanic), 43% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 51%
    • White (not Hispanic) 43%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Hayless

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • N. Katherine Hayles
      American literary critic (born 1943)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hayles

    Hayles has the Soundex code H420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H420.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hayles?
    1,479 people in the United States had the surname Hayles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 208,753 Americans. It ranked 18,614th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hayles?
    In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Hayles identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 43% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Hayles?
    N. Katherine Hayles, American literary critic (born 1943).
    Where is the surname Hayles most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hayles in the United States.
    Is the surname Hayles getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,194 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,479 in 2010, up 24%.