Last Name HEADLEY

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Meaning	Local: Of Headley or Hedley, parishes in the diocese of Winchester.

Origin	English, Irish, Pakistani

Rank	3,691 (2000 US census)	3,263 (1990 US census)

Count	8,830 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

82.17%, or 7256 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
12.56%, or 1109 total occurrences, as black,
0.43%, or 38 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.78%, or 69 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.71%, or 151 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.34%, or 207 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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Scottish surnames

Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
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