How common is the surname Mehaffey?

1,645 people in the United States had the surname Mehaffey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 187,687 Americans. It ranked 17,216th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mehaffey?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Mehaffey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Mehaffey?

Blanche Mehaffey, American actress and dancer (1908–1968).

Where is the surname Mehaffey most common?

Wikidata records people named Mehaffey in the United States.

Is the surname Mehaffey getting more or less common?

More common. 1,580 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,645 in 2010, up 4.1%.

The surname Mehaffey

An Irish surname, carried by 1,645 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mehaffey is more common than 89.4% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of Mahaffey.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,645 people named Mehaffey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 187,687 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,580.

#17,216

rank among US surnames

1,645

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4.1%

change since 2000 (was #16,682)

Who is named Mehaffey

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

96% of people named Mehaffey identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

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 Mehaffeys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Blanche Mehaffey
American actress and dancer (1908–1968)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mehaffey

Mahaffey

Mehaffey has the Soundex code M100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M100.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mehaffey come from?: Variant of Mahaffey.
How common is the surname Mehaffey?: 1,645 people in the United States had the surname Mehaffey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 187,687 Americans. It ranked 17,216th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mehaffey?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Mehaffey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Mehaffey?: Blanche Mehaffey, American actress and dancer (1908–1968).
Where is the surname Mehaffey most common?: Wikidata records people named Mehaffey in the United States.
Is the surname Mehaffey getting more or less common?: More common. 1,580 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,645 in 2010, up 4.1%.