Explore the Family Name Hanchey

The meaning of Hanchey

Americanized form of a Swiss German Handschin: unexplained. History: Jacob Hanchey was a Swiss German immigrant to SC from the Palatinate, Germany, in the 1740s. His original surname was Handschin.

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How common is the last name Hanchey in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Hanchey underwent a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 29,696th most popular surname and by 2010, it had dropped slightly to the 31,656th position, marking a 6.6% change. The census also recorded a minor decrease in the count of people bearing this name, from 748 in 2000 to 730 in 2010, which is a 2.41% drop. Similarly, the proportion per 100k population also saw a 10.71% reduction over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#29,696	#31,656	-6.6%
Count	748	730	-2.41%
Proportion per 100k	0.28	0.25	-10.71%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Hanchey

Regarding the ethnic identity associated with the surname Hanchey, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that it is overwhelmingly linked to White ethnicity, accounting for 97.33% in 2000 and 97.12% in 2010, indicating a negligible dip of 0.22%. Hispanic representation among those bearing the surname experienced a more noticeable decline of 44.22%, going from 1.47% in 2000 to 0.82% in 2010. The data records no individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year. However, there was a new emergence of individuals identifying as "Two or more races" in 2010. Black representation was registered at 0.80% in 2000 but was suppressed in 2010 for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.33%	97.12%	-0.22%
Two or More Races	0%	1.51%	0%
Hispanic	1.47%	0.82%	-44.22%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0.8%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%