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    The surname Baxley

    A surname, carried by 6,852 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B240

    Baxley: #5,111 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Baxley #5,111, 6,852 people Baxley: #5,111 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Baxley #5,111, 6,852 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Baxley is more common than 96.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,852 people named Baxley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,059 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,641.

    #5,111
    rank among US surnames
    6,852
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #4,849)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,108Phillip6,85745,026
    #5,109Shrader6,85545,039
    #5,110Lundquist6,85345,053
    #5,111Baxley6,85245,059

    Who is named Baxley

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

    91% of people named Baxley identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Baxleys

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Craig R. Baxley
      American actor and director, born 1949
    • Barbara Baxley
      American actress (1923-1990)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Baxley

    Baxley has the Soundex code B240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B240.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Baxley?
    6,852 people in the United States had the surname Baxley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,059 Americans. It ranked 5,111th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Baxley?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Baxley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Baxley?
    Craig R. Baxley, American actor and director, followed by Barbara Baxley.
    Where is the surname Baxley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Baxley in the United States.
    Is the surname Baxley getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,641 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,852 in 2010, up 3.2%.