How common is the surname Embrey?

3,681 people in the United States had the surname Embrey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,875 Americans. It ranked 8,894th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Embrey getting more or less common?

More common. 3,455 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,681 in 2010, up 6.5%.

Is Embrey also a first name?

Yes. Embrey 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 Embrey

A surname, carried by 3,681 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E516

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Embrey is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,681 people named Embrey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,875 Americans. That is up 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,455.

#8,894

rank among US surnames

3,681

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+6.5%

change since 2000 (was #8,759)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,888	Langham	3,684	83,807
#8,890	Vereen	3,683	83,830
#8,891	Diorio	3,682	83,853
#8,894	Wentzel	3,681	83,875
#8,896	Tarpley	3,680	83,898

Who is named Embrey

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

88% of people named Embrey identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Embreigh
Embry

Surnames that sound like Embrey

Embrey has the Soundex code E516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E516.

Questions

How common is the surname Embrey?: 3,681 people in the United States had the surname Embrey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,875 Americans. It ranked 8,894th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Embrey?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Embrey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Embrey getting more or less common?: More common. 3,455 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,681 in 2010, up 6.5%.
What are other spellings of Embrey?: Embreigh and Embry.
Is Embrey also a first name?: Yes. Embrey 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.