How common is the surname Heagy?

1,041 people in the United States had the surname Heagy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 296,586 Americans. It ranked 24,159th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Heagy getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,112 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,041 in 2010, down 6.4%.

The surname Heagy

A surname, carried by 1,041 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Heagy is more common than 85.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,041 people named Heagy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 296,586 Americans. That is down 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,112.

#24,159

rank among US surnames

1,041

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-6.4%

change since 2000 (was #21,804)

Who is named Heagy

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

96% of people named Heagy identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as two or more races and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Two or more races 1.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
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 Heagy

Heagy has the Soundex code H200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H200.

Questions

How common is the surname Heagy?: 1,041 people in the United States had the surname Heagy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 296,586 Americans. It ranked 24,159th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Heagy?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Heagy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as two or more races.
Is the surname Heagy getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,112 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,041 in 2010, down 6.4%.