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    The surname Easley

    A surname, carried by 16,459 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex E240

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Easley is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,459 people named Easley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,758 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,902.

    #2,212
    rank among US surnames
    16,459
    people in 2010
    5.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.5%
    change since 2000 (was #2,094)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,203Carrera16,53318,675
    #2,204Burkhart16,52618,682
    #2,205Adamson16,51518,695
    #2,206Arnett16,49918,713
    #2,207Reagan16,49118,722
    #2,208Anguiano16,47918,736
    #2,209Lincoln16,47718,738

    Who is named Easley

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

    62% of people named Easley identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 62%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 31%
    • Two or more races 2.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Easleys

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Annie Easley
      American mathematician and rocket scientist, 1932–2011
    • Mike Easley
      72nd governor of North Carolina, born 1950
    • Jeff Easley
      American artist, born 1954
    • Kenny Easley
      American football player (1959–2025)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Easley

    Easley has the Soundex code E240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E240.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Easley?
    16,459 people in the United States had the surname Easley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,758 Americans. It ranked 2,212th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Easley?
    In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Easley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Easley?
    Annie Easley, American mathematician and rocket scientist, followed by Mike Easley.
    Where is the surname Easley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Easley in the United States.
    Is the surname Easley getting more or less common?
    More common. 15,902 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,459 in 2010, up 3.5%.