How common is the surname Healy?

21,751 people in the United States had the surname Healy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,195 Americans. It ranked 1,654th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Healy?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Healy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Healy?

Cecil Healy, Australian swimmer (1881–1918), followed by Mary Healy.

Where is the surname Healy most common?

Wikidata records people named Healy in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Healy getting more or less common?

More common. 21,407 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 21,751 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Healy

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 21,751 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Healy is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hÉilidhe (“descendant of the claimant”), from éilidhe (“claimant”), or from Irish Ó hÉalaighthe (“descendant of Éaladhach”), a personal name from ealadhach (“ingenious”).

Healy is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 21,751 people named Healy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 14,195 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 21,407.

#1,654

rank among US surnames

21,751

people in 2010

7.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #1,540)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,645	Valadez	21,859	14,124
#1,646	Carbajal	21,838	14,138
#1,647	Redmond	21,834	14,141
#1,648	Jarrett	21,821	14,149
#1,649	Bolden	21,819	14,150
#1,650	Wolff	21,815	14,153
#1,651	Thorpe	21,813	14,154

Who is named Healy

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

94% of people named Healy identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Healys

11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Cecil Healy
Australian swimmer (1881–1918)
Mary Healy
American actress (1918–2015)
George Peter Alexander Healy
American painter (1813–1894)
Ted Healy
American vaudeville performer, comedian, and actor (1896–1937)
Pat Healy
American actor, born 1971
Alyssa Healy
Australian cricketer, born 1990
Ian Healy
Australian cricketer, born 1964
David Healy
American astrophotographer and asteroid discoverer, 1936–2011
Tim Healy
British actor, born 1952
James Augustine Healy
American Roman Catholic bishop (1830–1900)
Patrick Francis Healy
American Jesuit educator (1834-1910)

Notable Healys come mostly from the United States (7), Australia (3) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Healy

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

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Healy come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hÉilidhe (“descendant of the claimant”), from éilidhe (“claimant”), or from Irish Ó hÉalaighthe (“descendant of Éaladhach”), a personal name from ealadhach (“ingenious”).
How common is the surname Healy?: 21,751 people in the United States had the surname Healy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,195 Americans. It ranked 1,654th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Healy?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Healy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Healy?: Cecil Healy, Australian swimmer (1881–1918), followed by Mary Healy.
Where is the surname Healy most common?: Wikidata records people named Healy in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Healy?: Healy is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Healy getting more or less common?: More common. 21,407 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 21,751 in 2010, up 1.6%.