How common is the surname Headlee?

1,228 people in the United States had the surname Headlee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 251,421 Americans. It ranked 21,330th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Headlee?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Headlee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Headlee?

Celeste Headlee, American radio journalist, author, and public speaker.

Where is the surname Headlee most common?

Wikidata records people named Headlee in the United States.

Is the surname Headlee getting more or less common?

More common. 1,191 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,228 in 2010, up 3.1%.

The surname Headlee

A surname, carried by 1,228 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H340

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Headlee is more common than 86.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,228 people named Headlee in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 251,421 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,191.

#21,330

rank among US surnames

1,228

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #20,654)

Who is named Headlee

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

95% of people named Headlee identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Headlees

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Celeste Headlee
American radio journalist, author, and public speaker, born 1969

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Headlee

Headlee has the Soundex code H340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H340.

Questions

How common is the surname Headlee?: 1,228 people in the United States had the surname Headlee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 251,421 Americans. It ranked 21,330th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Headlee?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Headlee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Headlee?: Celeste Headlee, American radio journalist, author, and public speaker.
Where is the surname Headlee most common?: Wikidata records people named Headlee in the United States.
Is the surname Headlee getting more or less common?: More common. 1,191 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,228 in 2010, up 3.1%.