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    The surname Bailey

    A place surname, the 72nd most common in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈbeɪli/ 2 syllables Soundex B400 Also a first name

    Bailey: #72 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Bailey #72, 277,845 people Bailey: #72 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#1,000Archer Bailey #72, 277,845 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bailey is more common than 99.9% of them.

    Origin

    (English topographic surname): See bailey (“outer castle wall”)

    Bailey is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 277,845 people named Bailey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 1,111 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 265,916.

    #72
    rank among US surnames
    277,845
    people in 2010
    94
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.5%
    change since 2000 (was #66)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #63Morales311,777990
    #64Murphy308,4171,001
    #65Cook302,5891,020
    #66Rogers302,2611,021
    #67Gutierrez293,2181,053
    #68Ortiz286,8991,076
    #69Morgan286,2801,078

    Who is named Bailey

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

    72% of people named Bailey identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 72%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 22%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Baileys

    92 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Pearl Bailey
      American actress and singer (1918–1990)
    • Halle Bailey
      American singer and actress (born 2000)
    • Kay Bailey Hutchison
      American politician (born 1943)
    • G. W. Bailey
      Actor, born 1944
    • Alice Bailey
      British-American esoteric, theosophist and writer (1880-1949)
    • Eion Bailey
      American actor, born 1976
    • Laura Bailey
      American voice actress (born 1981)
    • Bill Bailey
      British comedian, musician and actor, born 1965
    • Philip Bailey
      American R&B, soul, gospel and funk singer, songwriter, percussionist and actor, born 1951
    • Madison Bailey
      American actress (born 1999)
    • Florence Merriam Bailey
      American ornithologist, birdwatcher, and nature writer (1863 – 1948)
    • Daniel Bailey
      Antiguan sprint athlete, born 1986

    Notable Baileys come mostly from the United States (75), the United Kingdom (7) and Australia (5).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Bailey

    Bailey has the Soundex code B400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B400.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bailey come from?
    (English topographic surname): See bailey (“outer castle wall”)
    How common is the surname Bailey?
    277,845 people in the United States had the surname Bailey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,111 Americans. It ranked 72nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bailey?
    In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Bailey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Bailey?
    Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer (1918–1990), followed by Halle Bailey.
    Where is the surname Bailey most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bailey in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 3 other countries.
    How do you pronounce Bailey?
    Bailey is /ˈbeɪli/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Bailey?
    Bailey is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Bailey getting more or less common?
    More common. 265,916 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 277,845 in 2010, up 4.5%.
    What are other spellings of Bailey?
    Bailie, Baily, Bayly, Bayley, Bailee and Baylee.
    Is Bailey also a first name?
    Yes. Bailey 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.