How common is the surname Billingsley?

11,973 people in the United States had the surname Billingsley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,787 Americans. It ranked 2,995th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Billingsley?

John Billingsley, American actor, followed by Peter Billingsley.

Where is the surname Billingsley most common?

Wikidata records people named Billingsley in the United States.

How do you pronounce Billingsley?

Billingsley is /ˈbɪlɪŋsli/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Billingsley getting more or less common?

More common. 11,460 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,973 in 2010, up 4.5%.

The surname Billingsley

A surname, carried by 11,973 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbɪlɪŋsli/ 3 syllables Soundex B452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Billingsley is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 11,973 people named Billingsley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,787 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,460.

#2,995

rank among US surnames

11,973

people in 2010

4.1

per 100,000 Americans

+4.5%

change since 2000 (was #2,876)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,986	Bach	11,999	25,731
#2,987	Streeter	11,988	25,755
#2,988	Christman	11,987	25,757
#2,989	Brink	11,982	25,767
#2,990	Herr	11,980	25,772
#2,991	Falk	11,979	25,774
#2,992	Beverly	11,978	25,776

Who is named Billingsley

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

66% of people named Billingsley identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 66%
Black (not Hispanic) 29%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Billingsleys

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Billingsley
American actor, born 1960
Peter Billingsley
American actor and filmmaker (born 1971)
Barbara Billingsley
American actress and model (1915–2010)
Patrick Billingsley
American mathematician, educator, and stage and film actor (1925-2011)
Chad Billingsley
American baseball player, pitcher, born 1984
JoJo Billingsley
American musician (1952–2010)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Billingsley

Billingsley has the Soundex code B452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B452.

Questions

How common is the surname Billingsley?: 11,973 people in the United States had the surname Billingsley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,787 Americans. It ranked 2,995th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Billingsley?: In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Billingsley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Billingsley?: John Billingsley, American actor, followed by Peter Billingsley.
Where is the surname Billingsley most common?: Wikidata records people named Billingsley in the United States.
How do you pronounce Billingsley?: Billingsley is /ˈbɪlɪŋsli/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Billingsley getting more or less common?: More common. 11,460 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,973 in 2010, up 4.5%.