How common is the surname Cauley?

4,491 people in the United States had the surname Cauley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,748 Americans. It ranked 7,413th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Cauley getting more or less common?

More common. 4,272 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,491 in 2010, up 5.1%.

The surname Cauley

A surname, carried by 4,491 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cauley is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,491 people named Cauley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,748 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,272.

#7,413

rank among US surnames

4,491

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5.1%

change since 2000 (was #7,208)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,406	Roof	4,494	68,702
#7,408	Zou	4,493	68,717
#7,411	Grullon	4,492	68,732
#7,413	Bonney	4,491	68,748
#7,418	Breslin	4,490	68,763
#7,420	DiGiovanni	4,487	68,809

Who is named Cauley

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

75% of people named Cauley identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 75%
Black (not Hispanic) 21%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cauley

Cauley has the Soundex code C400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C400.

Questions

How common is the surname Cauley?: 4,491 people in the United States had the surname Cauley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,748 Americans. It ranked 7,413th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cauley?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Cauley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Cauley getting more or less common?: More common. 4,272 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,491 in 2010, up 5.1%.