How common is the surname Howley?

2,688 people in the United States had the surname Howley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 114,861 Americans. It ranked 11,663rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Howley?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Howley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Howley?

Chuck Howley, American football player (born 1936).

Where is the surname Howley most common?

Wikidata records people named Howley in the United States.

How do you pronounce Howley?

Howley is /ˈhaʊ.li/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Howley getting more or less common?

More common. 2,601 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,688 in 2010, up 3.3%.

The surname Howley

A surname, carried by 2,688 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈhaʊ.li/ 2 syllables Soundex H400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Howley is more common than 92.8% of them.

Origin

The town in Newfoundland is named after geologist and surveyor James Patrick Howley (1847–1918).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,688 people named Howley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 114,861 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,601.

#11,663

rank among US surnames

2,688

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+3.3%

change since 2000 (was #11,184)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,659	DiSanto	2,689	114,818
#11,663	Slover	2,688	114,861
#11,669	Sher	2,687	114,903
#11,672	Luongo	2,686	114,946

Who is named Howley

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

94% of people named Howley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Howleys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Chuck Howley
American football player (born 1936)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Howley

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

Questions

Where does the surname Howley come from?: The town in Newfoundland is named after geologist and surveyor James Patrick Howley (1847–1918).
How common is the surname Howley?: 2,688 people in the United States had the surname Howley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 114,861 Americans. It ranked 11,663rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Howley?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Howley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Howley?: Chuck Howley, American football player (born 1936).
Where is the surname Howley most common?: Wikidata records people named Howley in the United States.
How do you pronounce Howley?: Howley is /ˈhaʊ.li/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Howley getting more or less common?: More common. 2,601 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,688 in 2010, up 3.3%.