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    The surname Akey

    A surname, carried by 1,706 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex A200

    Akey: #16,755 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Akey #16,755, 1,706 people Akey: #16,755 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Akey #16,755, 1,706 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Akey is more common than 89.7% of them.

    Origin

    Unknown.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,706 people named Akey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 180,976 Americans. That is up 40% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,220.

    #16,755
    rank among US surnames
    1,706
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +39.8%
    change since 2000 (was #20,284)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,748Bruss1,707180,870
    #16,755Pandey1,706180,976
    #16,761Kafka1,705181,082

    Who is named Akey

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

    92% of people named Akey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Aikey

    Surnames that sound like Akey

    Akey has the Soundex code A200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A200.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Akey come from?
    Unknown.
    How common is the surname Akey?
    1,706 people in the United States had the surname Akey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 180,976 Americans. It ranked 16,755th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Akey?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Akey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Akey getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,220 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,706 in 2010, up 40%.
    What are other spellings of Akey?
    Aikey.