How common is the surname Hegarty?

3,355 people in the United States had the surname Hegarty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,025 Americans. It ranked 9,672nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hegarty?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hegarty identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Hegarty getting more or less common?

More common. 3,109 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,355 in 2010, up 7.9%.

The surname Hegarty

An Irish surname, carried by 3,355 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex H263

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hegarty is more common than 94% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of Haggerty.

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 3,355 people named Hegarty in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,025 Americans. That is up 7.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,109.

#9,672

rank among US surnames

3,355

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+7.9%

change since 2000 (was #9,595)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,666	Kennelly	3,358	91,943
#9,667	Oliveri	3,357	91,971
#9,669	Shear	3,356	91,998
#9,672	Vanlandingham	3,355	92,025
#9,679	Kummer	3,354	92,053

Who is named Hegarty

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

96% of people named Hegarty identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

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 Hegarty

Hegarty has the Soundex code H263, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H263.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hegarty come from?: Variant of Haggerty.
How common is the surname Hegarty?: 3,355 people in the United States had the surname Hegarty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,025 Americans. It ranked 9,672nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hegarty?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hegarty identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Hegarty getting more or less common?: More common. 3,109 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,355 in 2010, up 7.9%.