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    The surname Berkley

    A surname, carried by 4,750 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B624

    Berkley: #7,050 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Berkley #7,050, 4,750 people Berkley: #7,050 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Berkley #7,050, 4,750 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Berkley is more common than 95.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,750 people named Berkley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,999 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,514.

    #7,050
    rank among US surnames
    4,750
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.2%
    change since 2000 (was #6,864)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,046Aubrey4,75364,958
    #7,047Wilborn4,75264,972
    #7,048Hooten4,75164,985
    #7,050Rinker4,75064,999
    #7,052Mapp4,74965,013

    Who is named Berkley

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

    67% of people named Berkley identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 67%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 27%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Berkley

    Berkley has the Soundex code B624, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B624.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Berkley?
    4,750 people in the United States had the surname Berkley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,999 Americans. It ranked 7,050th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Berkley?
    In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Berkley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Berkley getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,514 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,750 in 2010, up 5.2%.