How common is the last name Hays?

33,013 people in the United States have the last name Hays, about 1 in 9,054. It ranks #1,046 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

HAYS

#1,046

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
33,013
About
1 in 9,054
This common or more
40.2%
Who bears it

Of the 33,013 people with the last name Hays, 88.1% reported their origin as White, 4.1% as two or more races and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Hays

#1,044 Saldana · 33,069#1,045 Hatfield · 33,047#1,047 Hong · 33,012#1,048 Holden · 32,979

Spelled almost the same

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

#133 Hayes · 186,445#1,012 Haas · 33,872#5,196 Hass · 6,492#7,679 Haws · 4,157#16,488 Haus · 1,691#26,208 Hayse · 982#42,112 Hahs · 555#66,499 Has · 321

Also a first name

As a first name, Hays ranks #20,952 of 53,615, with 489 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2024, with 25 births. See Hays as a first name

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