How common is the surname Bayley?

1,760 people in the United States had the surname Bayley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,424 Americans. It ranked 16,362nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bayley?

Ryan Bayley, Australian cyclist.

Where is the surname Bayley most common?

Wikidata records people named Bayley in Australia.

Is the surname Bayley getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,785 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,760 in 2010, down 1.4%.

The surname Bayley

A surname, carried by 1,760 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bayley is more common than 89.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,760 people named Bayley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 175,424 Americans. That is down 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,785.

#16,362

rank among US surnames

1,760

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-1.4%

change since 2000 (was #15,154)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,359	Hooley	1,761	175,324
#16,362	Bachand	1,760	175,424
#16,370	Yutzy	1,759	175,523

Who is named Bayley

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

83% of people named Bayley identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bayleys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ryan Bayley
Australian cyclist, born 1982

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bayley

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

Questions

How common is the surname Bayley?: 1,760 people in the United States had the surname Bayley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,424 Americans. It ranked 16,362nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bayley?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Bayley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bayley?: Ryan Bayley, Australian cyclist.
Where is the surname Bayley most common?: Wikidata records people named Bayley in Australia.
Is the surname Bayley getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,785 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,760 in 2010, down 1.4%.