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    The surname Heaphy

    An English patronymic surname, carried by 633 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H100

    Heaphy: #35,537 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Heaphy #35,537, 633 people Heaphy: #35,537 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Heaphy #35,537, 633 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Heaphy is more common than 78.1% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    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”).

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

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 633 people named Heaphy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 487,750 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 625.

    #35,537
    rank among US surnames
    633
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.3%
    change since 2000 (was #34,308)

    Who is named Heaphy

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

    93% of people named Heaphy identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    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 Heaphy

    Heaphy has the Soundex code H100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H100.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Heaphy come from?
    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”).
    How common is the surname Heaphy?
    633 people in the United States had the surname Heaphy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 487,750 Americans. It ranked 35,537th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Heaphy?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Heaphy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Heaphy?
    Heaphy is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Heaphy getting more or less common?
    More common. 625 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 633 in 2010, up 1.3%.