How common is the surname Edie?

1,637 people in the United States had the surname Edie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,604 Americans. It ranked 17,290th of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Edie?

Edie is /ˈiːdi/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Edie getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,639 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,637 in 2010, down 0.1%.

Is Edie also a first name?

Yes. Edie is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Edie

A surname, carried by 1,637 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈiːdi/ 2 syllables Soundex E300 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Edie is more common than 89.3% of them.

Origin

An English and Scottish surname, variant of Eady.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,637 people named Edie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 188,604 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,639.

#17,290

rank among US surnames

1,637

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #16,208)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,283	Semon	1,638	188,489
#17,290	Guilbeau	1,637	188,604

Who is named Edie

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

87% of people named Edie identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Edie

Edie has the Soundex code E300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E300.

Questions

How common is the surname Edie?: 1,637 people in the United States had the surname Edie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,604 Americans. It ranked 17,290th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Edie?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Edie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Edie?: Edie is /ˈiːdi/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Edie getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,639 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,637 in 2010, down 0.1%.
Is Edie also a first name?: Yes. Edie is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.