How common is the surname Hefley?

1,787 people in the United States had the surname Hefley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 172,773 Americans. It ranked 16,171st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hefley?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Hefley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hefley?

Joel Hefley, American politician.

Where is the surname Hefley most common?

Wikidata records people named Hefley in the United States.

Is the surname Hefley getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,883 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,787 in 2010, down 5.1%.

The surname Hefley

A surname, carried by 1,787 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H140

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hefley is more common than 90% of them.

Origin

An anglicized form of German Häfele (“little pot”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,787 people named Hefley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 172,773 Americans. That is down 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,883.

#16,171

rank among US surnames

1,787

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-5.1%

change since 2000 (was #14,514)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,166	Hayek	1,788	172,676
#16,171	Macario	1,787	172,773
#16,179	Rickards	1,786	172,870

Who is named Hefley

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

92% of people named Hefley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hefleys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joel Hefley
American politician, born 1935

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Heffley

Surnames that sound like Hefley

Hefley has the Soundex code H140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H140.

Questions

Where does the surname Hefley come from?: An anglicized form of German Häfele (“little pot”).
How common is the surname Hefley?: 1,787 people in the United States had the surname Hefley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 172,773 Americans. It ranked 16,171st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hefley?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Hefley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hefley?: Joel Hefley, American politician.
Where is the surname Hefley most common?: Wikidata records people named Hefley in the United States.
Is the surname Hefley getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,883 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,787 in 2010, down 5.1%.
What are other spellings of Hefley?: Heffley.