How common is the surname Alleyne?

4,163 people in the United States had the surname Alleyne in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,164 Americans. It ranked 7,950th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Alleyne?

In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Alleyne identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 6.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Alleyne?

Jillian Alleyne, American basketball player (born 1994), followed by Jade Alleyne.

Where is the surname Alleyne most common?

Wikidata records people named Alleyne in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Alleyne getting more or less common?

More common. 3,430 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,163 in 2010, up 21%.

The surname Alleyne

A surname, carried by 4,163 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alleyne is more common than 95.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,163 people named Alleyne in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,164 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,430.

#7,950

rank among US surnames

4,163

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+21.4%

change since 2000 (was #8,797)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,942	Wirtz	4,166	74,111
#7,944	Mele	4,165	74,129
#7,947	Czarnecki	4,164	74,146
#7,950	Alleyne	4,163	74,164
#7,953	Papp	4,162	74,182
#7,954	Gagliano	4,161	74,200
#7,955	Beech	4,160	74,218

Who is named Alleyne

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

86% of people named Alleyne identified as Black (not Hispanic), 6.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.5% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 86%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.8%
Two or more races 3.5%
White (not Hispanic) 2.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Alleynes

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jillian Alleyne
American basketball player (born 1994)
Jade Alleyne
British actress, born 2001

Notable Alleynes come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Alleyne

Alleyne has the Soundex code A450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A450.

Questions

How common is the surname Alleyne?: 4,163 people in the United States had the surname Alleyne in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,164 Americans. It ranked 7,950th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Alleyne?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Alleyne identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 6.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Alleyne?: Jillian Alleyne, American basketball player (born 1994), followed by Jade Alleyne.
Where is the surname Alleyne most common?: Wikidata records people named Alleyne in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Alleyne getting more or less common?: More common. 3,430 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,163 in 2010, up 21%.