How common is the surname Hendley?

3,473 people in the United States had the surname Hendley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,899 Americans. It ranked 9,366th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Hendley getting more or less common?

More common. 3,321 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,473 in 2010, up 4.6%.

The surname Hendley

A surname, carried by 3,473 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H534

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hendley is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

Likely an epenthesized variant of Henley.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,473 people named Hendley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,899 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,321.

#9,366

rank among US surnames

3,473

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+4.6%

change since 2000 (was #9,050)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,357	Devault	3,476	88,822
#9,361	Mundt	3,475	88,848
#9,365	Callison	3,474	88,873
#9,366	Wear	3,473	88,899
#9,368	Liss	3,472	88,924
#9,373	Recker	3,471	88,950
#9,375	Canaday	3,470	88,976

Who is named Hendley

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

75% of people named Hendley identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 75%
Black (not Hispanic) 20%
Two or more races 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hendley

Hendley has the Soundex code H534, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H534.

Questions

Where does the surname Hendley come from?: Likely an epenthesized variant of Henley.
How common is the surname Hendley?: 3,473 people in the United States had the surname Hendley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,899 Americans. It ranked 9,366th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hendley?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Hendley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Hendley getting more or less common?: More common. 3,321 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,473 in 2010, up 4.6%.