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    The surname Hooley

    A surname, carried by 1,761 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H400

    Hooley: #16,359 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hooley #16,359, 1,761 people Hooley: #16,359 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hooley #16,359, 1,761 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hooley is more common than 89.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,761 people named Hooley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 175,324 Americans. That is up 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,635.

    #16,359
    rank among US surnames
    1,761
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.7%
    change since 2000 (was #16,238)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,359Hooley1,761175,324
    #16,362Bachand1,760175,424

    Who is named Hooley

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

    95% of people named Hooley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hooleys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Darlene Hooley
      American politician (born 1939)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hooley

    Hooley has the Soundex code H400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H400.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hooley?
    1,761 people in the United States had the surname Hooley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,324 Americans. It ranked 16,359th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hooley?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hooley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Hooley?
    Darlene Hooley, American politician (born 1939).
    Where is the surname Hooley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hooley in the United States.
    Is the surname Hooley getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,635 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,761 in 2010, up 7.7%.