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    The surname Costley

    An Irish surname, carried by 1,841 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C234

    Costley: #15,818 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Costley #15,818, 1,841 people Costley: #15,818 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Costley #15,818, 1,841 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Costley is more common than 90.3% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Variant of Costello.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,841 people named Costley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 167,705 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,733.

    #15,818
    rank among US surnames
    1,841
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.2%
    change since 2000 (was #15,509)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,818Istre1,841167,705
    #15,824Stannard1,840167,796
    #15,827Bohannan1,839167,888

    Who is named Costley

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

    70% of people named Costley identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 70%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 22%
    • Two or more races 3.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Costley

    Costley has the Soundex code C234, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C234.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Costley come from?
    Variant of Costello.
    How common is the surname Costley?
    1,841 people in the United States had the surname Costley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 167,705 Americans. It ranked 15,818th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Costley?
    In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Costley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Costley getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,733 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,841 in 2010, up 6.2%.