How common is the surname Askey?

1,138 people in the United States had the surname Askey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 271,305 Americans. It ranked 22,573rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Askey?

Richard Askey, American mathematician known for his expertise in the area of special functions (1933–2019, followed by Lewis Askey.

Where is the surname Askey most common?

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

Is the surname Askey getting more or less common?

More common. 1,124 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,138 in 2010, up 1.2%.

The surname Askey

A surname, carried by 1,138 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Askey is more common than 86.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,138 people named Askey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 271,305 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,124.

#22,573

rank among US surnames

1,138

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.2%

change since 2000 (was #21,620)

Who is named Askey

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

90% of people named Askey identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.4%
Two or more races 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Askeys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Richard Askey
American mathematician known for his expertise in the area of special functions (1933–2019
Lewis Askey
British cyclist, born 2001

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Askey

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

Questions

How common is the surname Askey?: 1,138 people in the United States had the surname Askey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 271,305 Americans. It ranked 22,573rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Askey?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Askey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Askey?: Richard Askey, American mathematician known for his expertise in the area of special functions (1933–2019, followed by Lewis Askey.
Where is the surname Askey most common?: Wikidata records people named Askey in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Askey getting more or less common?: More common. 1,124 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,138 in 2010, up 1.2%.