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    The surname Ealey

    A surname, carried by 2,229 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex E400

    Ealey: #13,597 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ealey #13,597, 2,229 people Ealey: #13,597 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ealey #13,597, 2,229 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ealey is more common than 91.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,229 people named Ealey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 138,513 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,135.

    #13,597
    rank among US surnames
    2,229
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.4%
    change since 2000 (was #13,128)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,588Pier2,231138,389
    #13,593Maser2,230138,451
    #13,597Ealey2,229138,513
    #13,600Gamblin2,228138,575
    #13,603Cassity2,227138,637

    Who is named Ealey

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

    51% of people named Ealey identified as Black (not Hispanic), 44% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 51%
    • White (not Hispanic) 44%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Ealeys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Chase Jackson
      American shot putter, born 1994

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ealey

    Ealey has the Soundex code E400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E400.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ealey?
    2,229 people in the United States had the surname Ealey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,513 Americans. It ranked 13,597th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ealey?
    In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Ealey identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 44% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Ealey?
    Chase Jackson, American shot putter.
    Where is the surname Ealey most common?
    Wikidata records people named Ealey in the United States.
    Is the surname Ealey getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,135 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,229 in 2010, up 4.4%.