How common is the surname Exley?

1,350 people in the United States had the surname Exley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 228,700 Americans. It ranked 19,896th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Exley?

John Exley, American rower (1867–1938).

Where is the surname Exley most common?

Wikidata records people named Exley in the United States.

Is the surname Exley getting more or less common?

More common. 1,302 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,350 in 2010, up 3.7%.

The surname Exley

A place surname, carried by 1,350 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Exley is more common than 87.7% of them.

Origin

Habitational surname from a place in West Yorkshire, from Cumbric *eglēs (“church”) (also found in Eccles) + Old English lēah (“woodland clearing”).

Exley is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,350 people named Exley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 228,700 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,302.

#19,896

rank among US surnames

1,350

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #19,263)

Who is named Exley

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

94% of people named Exley identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Exleys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Exley
American rower (1867–1938)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Axley

Surnames that sound like Exley

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

Questions

Where does the surname Exley come from?: Habitational surname from a place in West Yorkshire, from Cumbric *eglēs (“church”) (also found in Eccles) + Old English lēah (“woodland clearing”).
How common is the surname Exley?: 1,350 people in the United States had the surname Exley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 228,700 Americans. It ranked 19,896th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Exley?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Exley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Exley?: John Exley, American rower (1867–1938).
Where is the surname Exley most common?: Wikidata records people named Exley in the United States.
What type of surname is Exley?: Exley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Exley getting more or less common?: More common. 1,302 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,350 in 2010, up 3.7%.
What are other spellings of Exley?: Axley.