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    The surname Northey

    An English place surname, carried by 821 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N630

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Northey is more common than 82.2% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Habitational surname from several minor places in England, from Old English norþ (“north”) + either heġe (“fence, hedge”) or īeġ (“island”).

    Northey 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 821 people named Northey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 376,060 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 686.

    #28,940
    rank among US surnames
    821
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +19.7%
    change since 2000 (was #31,817)

    Who is named Northey

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

    94% of people named Northey identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Northey

    Northey has the Soundex code N630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N630.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Northey come from?
    Habitational surname from several minor places in England, from Old English norþ (“north”) + either heġe (“fence, hedge”) or īeġ (“island”).
    How common is the surname Northey?
    821 people in the United States had the surname Northey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 376,060 Americans. It ranked 28,940th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Northey?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Northey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Northey?
    Northey is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Northey getting more or less common?
    More common. 686 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 821 in 2010, up 20%.