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    The surname Easterly

    A surname, carried by 2,458 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex E236

    Easterly: #12,593 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Easterly #12,593, 2,458 people Easterly: #12,593 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Easterly #12,593, 2,458 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Easterly is more common than 92.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,458 people named Easterly in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 125,608 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,401.

    #12,593
    rank among US surnames
    2,458
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #11,937)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,584Graver2,460125,506
    #12,587Leu2,459125,557
    #12,593Roesler2,458125,608
    #12,597Rasch2,457125,660
    #12,602Lichtenstein2,456125,711

    Who is named Easterly

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

    85% of people named Easterly identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Easterlys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • William Easterly
      American development economist, born 1957

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Easterly

    Easterly has the Soundex code E236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E236.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Easterly?
    2,458 people in the United States had the surname Easterly in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 125,608 Americans. It ranked 12,593rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Easterly?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Easterly identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Easterly?
    William Easterly, American development economist.
    Where is the surname Easterly most common?
    Wikidata records people named Easterly in the United States.
    Is the surname Easterly getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,401 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,458 in 2010, up 2.4%.