How common is the surname Fly?

2,145 people in the United States had the surname Fly in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 143,937 Americans. It ranked 14,042nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fly?

In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Fly identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).

Is the surname Fly getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,252 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,145 in 2010, down 4.8%.

The surname Fly

A surname, carried by 2,145 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fly is more common than 91.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,145 people named Fly in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 143,937 Americans. That is down 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,252.

#14,042

rank among US surnames

2,145

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-4.8%

change since 2000 (was #12,611)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,038	Sang	2,146	143,870
#14,042	Viator	2,145	143,937
#14,046	Jolliff	2,144	144,004
#14,050	Tiner	2,143	144,072

Who is named Fly

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

82% of people named Fly identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.7%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Fly?: 2,145 people in the United States had the surname Fly in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 143,937 Americans. It ranked 14,042nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fly?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Fly identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Fly getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,252 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,145 in 2010, down 4.8%.