How common is the surname Bigley?

2,547 people in the United States had the surname Bigley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,219 Americans. It ranked 12,221st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bigley?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bigley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Bigley most common?

Wikidata records people named Bigley in the United States.

Is the surname Bigley getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,576 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,547 in 2010, down 1.1%.

The surname Bigley

A surname, carried by 2,547 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bigley is more common than 92.5% of them.

Origin

Variant of Begley.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,547 people named Bigley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 121,219 Americans. That is down 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,576.

#12,221

rank among US surnames

2,547

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-1.1%

change since 2000 (was #11,265)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,212	Wicklund	2,550	121,077
#12,215	Hemmer	2,549	121,124
#12,218	Hover	2,548	121,172
#12,221	Berrier	2,547	121,219
#12,227	Greenhalgh	2,546	121,267
#12,229	Check	2,545	121,315

Who is named Bigley

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

95% of people named Bigley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bigleys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kevin Bigley
American actor, born 1986

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bigley

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

Questions

Where does the surname Bigley come from?: Variant of Begley.
How common is the surname Bigley?: 2,547 people in the United States had the surname Bigley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,219 Americans. It ranked 12,221st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bigley?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bigley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bigley?: Kevin Bigley, American actor.
Where is the surname Bigley most common?: Wikidata records people named Bigley in the United States.
Is the surname Bigley getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,576 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,547 in 2010, down 1.1%.