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    The surname Healey

    A surname, carried by 10,370 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H400

    Healey: #3,445 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Healey #3,445, 10,370 people Healey: #3,445 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Healey #3,445, 10,370 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Healey is more common than 97.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 10,370 people named Healey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,773 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 10,327.

    #3,445
    rank among US surnames
    10,370
    people in 2010
    3.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.4%
    change since 2000 (was #3,186)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,436Severson10,39129,713
    #3,437Comstock10,39029,716
    #3,439Hubert10,38029,744
    #3,440Grantham10,37929,747
    #3,441Fugate10,37529,759
    #3,442Noll10,37429,761
    #3,443Lafferty10,37329,764

    Who is named Healey

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

    95% of people named Healey identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Healeys

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Maura Healey
      73rd governor of Massachusetts (born 1971)
    • Nathan Healey
      Australian tennis player, born 1980
    • Myron Healey
      American actor (1923-2005)
    • Eric Healey
      American ice hockey player, born 1975
    • Kerry Healey
      American politician (born 1960)

    Notable Healeys come mostly from the United States (4) and Australia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Healey

    Healey has the Soundex code H400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H400.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Healey?
    10,370 people in the United States had the surname Healey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,773 Americans. It ranked 3,445th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Healey?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Healey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Healey?
    Maura Healey, 73rd governor of Massachusetts (born 1971), followed by Nathan Healey.
    Where is the surname Healey most common?
    Wikidata records people named Healey in the United States and Australia.
    Is the surname Healey getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,327 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,370 in 2010, up 0.4%.