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    The surname Hayslett

    A surname, carried by 1,559 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H243

    Hayslett: #17,927 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hayslett #17,927, 1,559 people Hayslett: #17,927 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hayslett #17,927, 1,559 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hayslett is more common than 89% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,559 people named Hayslett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 198,041 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,499.

    #17,927
    rank among US surnames
    1,559
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4%
    change since 2000 (was #17,370)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,921Pop1,560197,914
    #17,927Mayton1,559198,041

    Who is named Hayslett

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

    57% of people named Hayslett identified as white (not Hispanic), 37% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 57%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 37%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hayslett

    Hayslett has the Soundex code H243, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H243.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hayslett?
    1,559 people in the United States had the surname Hayslett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 198,041 Americans. It ranked 17,927th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hayslett?
    In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Hayslett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 37% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Hayslett getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,499 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,559 in 2010, up 4.0%.