How common is the surname Housley?

3,960 people in the United States had the surname Housley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,966 Americans. It ranked 8,361st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Housley?

Phil Housley, American ice hockey player and coach.

Where is the surname Housley most common?

Wikidata records people named Housley in the United States.

Is the surname Housley getting more or less common?

More common. 3,628 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,960 in 2010, up 9.2%.

The surname Housley

An English place surname, carried by 3,960 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Housley is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

Habitational surname from a minor place in South Yorkshire, from Old English hūs (“house”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Equivalent to house + -ley (“lea”).

Housley is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,960 people named Housley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 77,966 Americans. That is up 9.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,628.

#8,361

rank among US surnames

3,960

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+9.2%

change since 2000 (was #8,377)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,353	Ambrosio	3,963	77,907
#8,356	Hiles	3,962	77,927
#8,359	Brunk	3,961	77,946
#8,361	Mounts	3,960	77,966
#8,364	Taliaferro	3,959	77,986
#8,365	Schade	3,958	78,005
#8,368	Popovich	3,957	78,025

Who is named Housley

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

80% of people named Housley identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Two or more races 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Housleys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Phil Housley
American ice hockey player and coach, born 1964

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Housely

Surnames that sound like Housley

Housley has the Soundex code H240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H240.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Housley come from?: Habitational surname from a minor place in South Yorkshire, from Old English hūs (“house”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Equivalent to house + -ley (“lea”).
How common is the surname Housley?: 3,960 people in the United States had the surname Housley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,966 Americans. It ranked 8,361st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Housley?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Housley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Housley?: Phil Housley, American ice hockey player and coach.
Where is the surname Housley most common?: Wikidata records people named Housley in the United States.
What type of surname is Housley?: Housley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Housley getting more or less common?: More common. 3,628 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,960 in 2010, up 9.2%.
What are other spellings of Housley?: Housely.