Explore the Family Name Havey

The meaning of Havey

English: probably a variant of Harvey, although some instances in the historical records may be spelling errors.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Havey has seen slight decreases from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 19,376th most popular and by 2010, it had dropped to the 21,736th spot, a change of -12.18%. The census count for individuals with this surname also decreased during this period from 1,293 in 2000 to 1,197 in 2010, a reduction of 7.42%. As a proportion per 100k people, the occurrence of Havey diminished as well by 14.58%, moving from 0.48 to 0.41.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#19,376	#21,736	-12.18%
Count	1,293	1,197	-7.42%
Proportion per 100k	0.48	0.41	-14.58%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Havey

Regarding ethnicity, data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that the majority of individuals with the Havey surname identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, although there was a small decrease of 1.71% over the decade. Meanwhile, the representation of Black, Hispanic, and Asian/Pacific Islander identities among those with the Havey surname increased. The percentage of Asians/Pacific Islanders rose from 0.93% to 1.25%, an increase of 34.41%. Those identifying as Black increased by 52.35%, from 1.70% to 2.59% while the Hispanic representation more than doubled from 0.54% to 1.17%. However, the data does not include figures for those identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native or from two or more races in 2010 due to suppression for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.36%	93.73%	-1.71%
Black	1.7%	2.59%	52.35%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.93%	1.25%	34.41%
Hispanic	0.54%	1.17%	116.67%
Two or More Races	1.08%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.39%	0%	0%