How common is the surname Ansley?

3,615 people in the United States had the surname Ansley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,407 Americans. It ranked 9,038th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Ansley?

Michael Ansley, American basketball player (born 1967).

Where is the surname Ansley most common?

Wikidata records people named Ansley in the United States.

Is the surname Ansley getting more or less common?

More common. 3,462 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,615 in 2010, up 4.4%.

Is Ansley also a first name?

Yes. Ansley is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Ansley

An English place surname, carried by 3,615 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A524 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ansley is more common than 94.4% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English ānsetl (“hermitage”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

Ansley 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 3,615 people named Ansley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 85,407 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,462.

#9,038

rank among US surnames

3,615

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+4.4%

change since 2000 (was #8,737)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,030	Chai	3,619	85,312
#9,033	Skeens	3,617	85,360
#9,037	Delay	3,616	85,383
#9,038	Everitt	3,615	85,407
#9,043	Campion	3,614	85,430
#9,045	Lieu	3,612	85,478

Who is named Ansley

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

75% of people named Ansley identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 75%
Black (not Hispanic) 20%
Two or more races 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ansleys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Michael Ansley
American basketball player (born 1967)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Anslee

Surnames that sound like Ansley

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ansley come from?: From Old English ānsetl (“hermitage”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).
How common is the surname Ansley?: 3,615 people in the United States had the surname Ansley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,407 Americans. It ranked 9,038th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ansley?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Ansley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Ansley?: Michael Ansley, American basketball player (born 1967).
Where is the surname Ansley most common?: Wikidata records people named Ansley in the United States.
What type of surname is Ansley?: Ansley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Ansley getting more or less common?: More common. 3,462 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,615 in 2010, up 4.4%.
What are other spellings of Ansley?: Anslee.
Is Ansley also a first name?: Yes. Ansley is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.