How common is the surname Byerly?

5,661 people in the United States had the surname Byerly in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,539 Americans. It ranked 6,059th of 162,253 surnames.

Where is the surname Byerly most common?

Wikidata records people named Byerly in the United States.

Is the surname Byerly getting more or less common?

More common. 5,607 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,661 in 2010, up 1.0%.

The surname Byerly

A surname, carried by 5,661 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B640

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Byerly is more common than 96.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,661 people named Byerly in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 54,539 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,607.

#6,059

rank among US surnames

5,661

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1%

change since 2000 (was #5,676)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,054	Rahn	5,668	54,472
#6,057	Northrup	5,663	54,520
#6,058	Witkowski	5,662	54,529
#6,059	Waits	5,661	54,539

Who is named Byerly

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

94% of people named Byerly identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Byerlys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Hayden Byerly
American actor, born 2000

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Byerly

Byerly has the Soundex code B640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B640.

Questions

How common is the surname Byerly?: 5,661 people in the United States had the surname Byerly in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,539 Americans. It ranked 6,059th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Byerly?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Byerly identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Byerly?: Hayden Byerly, American actor.
Where is the surname Byerly most common?: Wikidata records people named Byerly in the United States.
Is the surname Byerly getting more or less common?: More common. 5,607 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,661 in 2010, up 1.0%.