How Many People Have the Last Name Hays?
people had the surname Hays in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 8,628 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
+997 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Hays (91.6%) are non-Hispanic White. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Hays ranks #758. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
📈 Change Since 2000
Hays grew from 33,194 people in 2000 to 34,191 in 2010 (up 3%), and its rank fell from #964 to #1,021. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 12.3 to 11.59 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 33,194 | 34,191 |
| Rank | #964 | #1,021 |
| Per 100,000 people | 12.3 | 11.59 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Hays
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Hays: H200
👤 Hays as a First Name
Hays is a first name too: about 462 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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