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    The surname Heatley

    A surname, carried by 1,312 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H340

    Heatley: #20,274 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Heatley #20,274, 1,312 people Heatley: #20,274 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Heatley #20,274, 1,312 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Heatley is more common than 87.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,312 people named Heatley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 235,324 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,248.

    #20,274
    rank among US surnames
    1,312
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.1%
    change since 2000 (was #19,908)

    Who is named Heatley

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

    72% of people named Heatley identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 72%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 23%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Heatleys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Basil Heatley
      British athlete (1933–2019)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Heatley

    Heatley has the Soundex code H340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H340.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Heatley?
    1,312 people in the United States had the surname Heatley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 235,324 Americans. It ranked 20,274th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Heatley?
    In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Heatley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Heatley?
    Basil Heatley, British athlete (1933–2019).
    Where is the surname Heatley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Heatley in the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Heatley getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,248 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,312 in 2010, up 5.1%.