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    The surname Adderley

    An English place surname, carried by 1,081 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A364

    Adderley: #23,500 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Adderley #23,500, 1,081 people Adderley: #23,500 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Adderley #23,500, 1,081 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Adderley is more common than 85.5% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From the Old English personal name Ealdred + lēah (“woodland clearing”).

    Adderley is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,081 people named Adderley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 285,611 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 927.

    #23,500
    rank among US surnames
    1,081
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +16.6%
    change since 2000 (was #25,098)

    Who is named Adderley

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    74% of people named Adderley identified as Black (not Hispanic), 19% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 74%
    • White (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
    • Two or more races 3.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Adderleys

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Cannonball Adderley
      American jazz saxophonist (1928–1975)
    • Nat Adderley
      American jazz cornet and trumpet player (1931–2000)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Adderly

    Adderley has the Soundex code A364, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A364.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Adderley come from?
    From the Old English personal name Ealdred + lēah (“woodland clearing”).
    How common is the surname Adderley?
    1,081 people in the United States had the surname Adderley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 285,611 Americans. It ranked 23,500th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Adderley?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Adderley identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 19% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Adderley?
    Cannonball Adderley, American jazz saxophonist (1928–1975), followed by Nat Adderley.
    Where is the surname Adderley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Adderley in the United States.
    What type of surname is Adderley?
    Adderley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Adderley getting more or less common?
    More common. 927 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,081 in 2010, up 17%.
    What are other spellings of Adderley?
    Adderly.