How Many People Have the Last Name Handy?
people had the surname Handy in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 20,284 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+882 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Handy (55.5%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 36.4%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Handy ranks #1,851. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 58.6% to 55.5%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Handy grew from 13,655 people in 2000 to 14,537 in 2010 (up 6.5%), and its rank fell from #2,429 to #2,482. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 5.06 to 4.93 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 13,655 | 14,537 |
| Rank | #2,429 | #2,482 |
| Per 100,000 people | 5.06 | 4.93 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Handy
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Handy: H530
👤 Handy as a First Name
Handy is a first name too: about 132 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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