Herlehy is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Herlehy
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Ireland
Meaning:

The variant form of Herlihy. Descendant of underlord.

Family name Herlehy is the variant of Hurley. One who came from Hurley, i.e., homested in a corner, the name of places in Berkshire and Warwickshire.

Herlehy is a form of the Horley. Parishes in counties Surrey and Oxford.

Family name Herlehy is a form of Hurley. A parish in Berkshire.

Herlehy is variant of the O'hurly. The sept of O‘Hierlehy or Hurley are said to have sprung from the same stock as the O'Briens of Thomond. Their territory extended on the borders of Tipperary, adjoining the Limerick district of the O'Briens, afterwards called Knock long. In the English local records, the name Hurle or Hurley is found prefixed with De; but D'Alton considers the family unquestionably Milesian.

How popular is Herlehy?

Herlehy is common in United States.

Herlehy is ranked 1043778 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Herlehys grew by 11.19 per cent to 149 since 2000 and ranked 116829 after elevating 2815 spots. The last name was found in around 5 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 100 97.76
Herlehy is a very rare family name, few people in United States and Canada have the last name. Around 240 people have been found who wears Herlehy as their family name. Herlehy have bearers in just 1 or 2 countries. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundreds of Herlehy:
117,304 United States203
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
74,831 Canada37

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