# Healey (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/healey/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 10,370 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,445 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 29,773 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.4% (10,327 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Healey in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Healey in the United States and Australia.

## People named Healey

- Maura Healey, 73rd governor of Massachusetts (born 1971)
- Nathan Healey, Australian tennis player
- Myron Healey, American actor (1923-2005)
- Eric Healey, American ice hockey player
- Kerry Healey, American politician (born 1960)

## Similar surnames

Hale, Haley, Healy, Hawley, Hailey, Haile, Halley, Heal, Helle, Halle, Hayley, Hill.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.