How common is the surname Ainslie?

1,013 people in the United States had the surname Ainslie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 304,783 Americans. It ranked 24,648th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ainslie?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Ainslie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Ainslie?

Ben Ainslie, British competitive sailor.

Where is the surname Ainslie most common?

Wikidata records people named Ainslie in the United Kingdom.

How do you pronounce Ainslie?

Ainslie is /ˈeɪnzli/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Ainslie getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,024 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,013 in 2010, down 1.1%.

The surname Ainslie

A surname, carried by 1,013 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈeɪnzli/ 2 syllables Soundex A524

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ainslie is more common than 84.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,013 people named Ainslie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 304,783 Americans. That is down 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,024.

#24,648

rank among US surnames

1,013

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-1.1%

change since 2000 (was #23,237)

Who is named Ainslie

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

90% of people named Ainslie identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.7%
Two or more races 2.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ainslies

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ben Ainslie
British competitive sailor, born 1977

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ainslie

Ainslie has the Soundex code A524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A524.

Questions

How common is the surname Ainslie?: 1,013 people in the United States had the surname Ainslie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 304,783 Americans. It ranked 24,648th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ainslie?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Ainslie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ainslie?: Ben Ainslie, British competitive sailor.
Where is the surname Ainslie most common?: Wikidata records people named Ainslie in the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Ainslie?: Ainslie is /ˈeɪnzli/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Ainslie getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,024 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,013 in 2010, down 1.1%.