The surname Fenley
A surname, carried by 1,387 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex F540
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,387 people named Fenley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 222,600 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,333.
#19,480
rank among US surnames
1,387
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+4.1%
change since 2000 (was #18,938)
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #19,480 | Vanvoorhis | 1,387 | 222,600 |
| #19,489 | Pulsifer | 1,386 | 222,760 |
Who is named Fenley
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
87% of people named Fenley identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 87%
- Black (not Hispanic) 6.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
- Two or more races 2.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Fenley has the Soundex code F540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F540.
Questions
- How common is the surname Fenley?
- 1,387 people in the United States had the surname Fenley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 222,600 Americans. It ranked 19,480th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Fenley?
- In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Fenley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Fenley getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,333 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,387 in 2010, up 4.1%.