How common is the surname Honey?

2,923 people in the United States had the surname Honey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,626 Americans. It ranked 10,897th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Honey?

Gary Honey, Australian long jumper.

Where is the surname Honey most common?

Wikidata records people named Honey in Australia.

Is the surname Honey getting more or less common?

More common. 2,726 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,923 in 2010, up 7.2%.

Is Honey also a first name?

Yes. Honey is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Honey

A surname, carried by 2,923 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H500 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Honey is more common than 93.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,923 people named Honey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 105,626 Americans. That is up 7.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,726.

#10,897

rank among US surnames

2,923

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+7.2%

change since 2000 (was #10,745)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,890	Divine	2,926	105,518
#10,891	Lesley	2,925	105,554
#10,894	Jelinek	2,924	105,590
#10,897	Honey	2,923	105,626
#10,900	Mozingo	2,921	105,699
#10,903	Wigley	2,920	105,735

Who is named Honey

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

86% of people named Honey identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Honeys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gary Honey
Australian long jumper, born 1959

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Honey

Honey has the Soundex code H500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H500.

Questions

How common is the surname Honey?: 2,923 people in the United States had the surname Honey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,626 Americans. It ranked 10,897th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Honey?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Honey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Honey?: Gary Honey, Australian long jumper.
Where is the surname Honey most common?: Wikidata records people named Honey in Australia.
Is the surname Honey getting more or less common?: More common. 2,726 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,923 in 2010, up 7.2%.
Is Honey also a first name?: Yes. Honey is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.