# Heaphy (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/heaphy/  
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 | English |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 633 |
| US rank (2010) | 35,537 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 487,750 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.3% (625 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Various origins: * Anglicized form of Irish Ó hÉamhthaigh (“descendant of Éamhthach”), a personal name derived from éamhthach (“swift”). * English habitational surname, from the village of Heapey, from Old English hēope (“rosehip”) + heċġ (“fence; hedge”) or gehæg (“enclosure”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Heaphy 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) | 93% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Similar surnames

Heap, Heape, Huff, Hope, Hoff, Hoppe, Hovey, Hupp, Hipp, Hopp, Hobby, Hebb.

## 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.