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    The surname Cearley

    A surname, carried by 1,512 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C640

    Cearley: #18,326 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cearley #18,326, 1,512 people Cearley: #18,326 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cearley #18,326, 1,512 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cearley is more common than 88.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,512 people named Cearley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 204,197 Americans. That is up 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,404.

    #18,326
    rank among US surnames
    1,512
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.7%
    change since 2000 (was #18,246)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,317Shakir1,513204,062
    #18,326Mirabella1,512204,197

    Who is named Cearley

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

    87% of people named Cearley identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as two or more races and 3.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Two or more races 5.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 3.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cearley

    Cearley has the Soundex code C640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C640.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Cearley?
    1,512 people in the United States had the surname Cearley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 204,197 Americans. It ranked 18,326th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cearley?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Cearley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Cearley getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,404 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,512 in 2010, up 7.7%.