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    The surname Bartley

    A surname, carried by 16,689 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B634

    Bartley: #2,175 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Bartley #2,175, 16,689 people Bartley: #2,175 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bartley #2,175, 16,689 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bartley is more common than 98.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,689 people named Bartley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,500 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,154.

    #2,175
    rank among US surnames
    16,689
    people in 2010
    5.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.3%
    change since 2000 (was #2,055)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,166Almeida16,76018,422
    #2,167Hawthorne16,75818,424
    #2,168Pendleton16,75118,431
    #2,169Naylor16,74518,438
    #2,170Gerber16,73218,452
    #2,171Schrader16,72718,458
    #2,172Burnette16,71718,469

    Who is named Bartley

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

    78% of people named Bartley identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 78%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bartleys

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • W. W. Bartley III
      20th-century American philosopher, 1934–1990
    • Thomas W. Bartley
      American politician (1812-1885)
    • Mordecai Bartley
      American politician (1783-1870)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bartley

    Bartley has the Soundex code B634, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B634.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bartley?
    16,689 people in the United States had the surname Bartley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,500 Americans. It ranked 2,175th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bartley?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Bartley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Bartley?
    W. W. Bartley III, 20th-century American philosopher, followed by Thomas W. Bartley.
    Where is the surname Bartley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bartley in the United States.
    Is the surname Bartley getting more or less common?
    More common. 16,154 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,689 in 2010, up 3.3%.