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The HANNAY surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 477 42757 0 2
United States (1880 census) 167 21952 0 3
Change since 1880 +310 -20805 +N/A -1
Other Countries
Australia 160 9273 0.001 10
United Kingdom 617 7623 0.001 13
Top States for HANNAY by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New York 61 29277 0.000 3
Minnesota 44 17659 0.001 9
Ohio 39 29848 0.000 3
Georgia 31 15994 0.000 4
Florida 27 53210 0.000 2
Top States for HANNAY by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Utah 20 10130 0.001 9
Minnesota 44 17659 0.001 9
Montana 7 18892 0.001 8
Georgia 31 15994 0.000 4
Washington DC 2 24120 0.000 3

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called HANNAY live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called HANNAY represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called HANNAY in New York than any other state, but you are more likely to find a HANNAY by picking someone at random in Utah than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of HANNAY

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Scotland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the HANNAY surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the HANNAY surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of HANNAY in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 460 96.44
Native American/Alaskan 8 1.68
Asian/Pacific 6 1.26
Black/African American Less than 100 0
Mixed Race Less than 100 Insignificant
White (Hispanic) Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the HANNAY surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of HANNAY in historical publications

HANNAY. Anciently Aharmay or Hannay, of Sorbie, in Wigtonshire. A Gilbert de Anneth or Hannethe is found in Rag-man Roll, A.D. 1296. Nisbet's Heraldry.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to HANNAY

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as HANNAY.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for HANNAY

The following words are slight variants of HANNAY that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.