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    The surname Earley

    A surname, carried by 10,140 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex E640

    Earley: #3,518 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Earley #3,518, 10,140 people Earley: #3,518 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Earley #3,518, 10,140 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Earley is more common than 97.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 10,140 people named Earley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,448 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,701.

    #3,518
    rank among US surnames
    10,140
    people in 2010
    3.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.5%
    change since 2000 (was #3,370)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,510Chapin10,17530,344
    #3,511Hodgson10,17330,350
    #3,513Lanham10,17030,358
    #3,514Mendes10,16230,382
    #3,515Weiler10,16030,388
    #3,516Lindberg10,14930,421
    #3,517Valdovinos10,14730,427

    Who is named Earley

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

    84% of people named Earley identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • 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 Earley

    Earley has the Soundex code E640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E640.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Earley?
    10,140 people in the United States had the surname Earley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,448 Americans. It ranked 3,518th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Earley?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Earley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Earley getting more or less common?
    More common. 9,701 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,140 in 2010, up 4.5%.