How common is the surname Headley?

9,250 people in the United States had the surname Headley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,378 Americans. It ranked 3,830th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Headley getting more or less common?

More common. 8,830 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,250 in 2010, up 4.8%.

The surname Headley

An English surname, carried by 9,250 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). Headley is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English hǣþ (“heath”) + lēah (“clearing”).

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,250 people named Headley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,378 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,830.

#3,830

rank among US surnames

9,250

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+4.8%

change since 2000 (was #3,691)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,822	Bohn	9,272	33,299
#3,823	Bourne	9,270	33,306
#3,824	Hanes	9,268	33,313
#3,825	Ruggiero	9,263	33,331
#3,826	Fitzsimmons	9,260	33,342
#3,827	Luis	9,255	33,360
#3,828	Bobo	9,254	33,363

Who is named Headley

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

78% of people named Headley identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Black (not Hispanic) 15%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Headley

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Headley come from?: From Old English hǣþ (“heath”) + lēah (“clearing”).
How common is the surname Headley?: 9,250 people in the United States had the surname Headley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,378 Americans. It ranked 3,830th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Headley?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Headley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Headley getting more or less common?: More common. 8,830 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,250 in 2010, up 4.8%.