How common is the last name Hay?

17,186 people in the United States have the last name Hay, about 1 in 17,392. It ranks #2,055 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

HAY

#2,055

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
17,186
About
1 in 17,392
This common or more
48.1%
Who bears it

Of the 17,186 people with the last name Hay, 82.4% reported their origin as White, 6.8% as Black and 3.8% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Hay

#2,053 Covarrubias · 17,198#2,054 Madsen · 17,190#2,056 Corcoran · 17,162#2,057 Hope · 17,147

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Hay, most common first.

#1,722 Ha · 20,388#8,032 Hao · 3,957#12,925 Hau · 2,273#16,023 Haye · 1,749#23,700 Hai · 1,104#31,087 Haw · 800#90,848 Hah · 218#100,469 Haya · 192

Also a first name

As a first name, Hay ranks #16,550 of 53,615, with 679 people. See Hay as a first name

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