How common is the surname Alloway?

2,096 people in the United States had the surname Alloway in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 147,302 Americans. It ranked 14,286th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Alloway?

Lawrence Alloway, art critic and curator (1926–1990).

Where is the surname Alloway most common?

Wikidata records people named Alloway in the United States.

Is the surname Alloway getting more or less common?

More common. 1,998 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,096 in 2010, up 4.9%.

The surname Alloway

A surname, carried by 2,096 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alloway is more common than 91.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,096 people named Alloway in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 147,302 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,998.

#14,286

rank among US surnames

2,096

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+4.9%

change since 2000 (was #13,871)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,279	Wiersma	2,097	147,232
#14,286	Lusby	2,096	147,302
#14,294	Oehler	2,095	147,373

Who is named Alloway

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

82% of people named Alloway identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 2.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Alloways

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lawrence Alloway
Art critic and curator (1926–1990)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Alloway

Alley

Alloway has the Soundex code A400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A400.

Questions

How common is the surname Alloway?: 2,096 people in the United States had the surname Alloway in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 147,302 Americans. It ranked 14,286th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Alloway?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Alloway identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Alloway?: Lawrence Alloway, art critic and curator (1926–1990).
Where is the surname Alloway most common?: Wikidata records people named Alloway in the United States.
Is the surname Alloway getting more or less common?: More common. 1,998 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,096 in 2010, up 4.9%.