How common is the surname Greeley?

4,246 people in the United States had the surname Greeley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,714 Americans. It ranked 7,796th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Greeley?

Horace Greeley, American politician and publisher (1811–1872).

Where is the surname Greeley most common?

Wikidata records people named Greeley in the United States.

How do you pronounce Greeley?

Greeley is /ˈɡɹiːli/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Greeley getting more or less common?

More common. 4,178 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,246 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Greeley

A French nickname surname, carried by 4,246 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɡɹiːli/ 2 syllables Soundex G640

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Greeley is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

French origin

Nickname for someone with a pock-marked face, from Old French greslé (“pitted, scarred”).

Greeley is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,246 people named Greeley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 72,714 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,178.

#7,796

rank among US surnames

4,246

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #7,344)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,787	Nero	4,259	72,492
#7,788	Hertz	4,257	72,527
#7,789	Clift	4,256	72,544
#7,791	Jeon	4,253	72,595
#7,793	Kellerman	4,252	72,612
#7,794	Sabol	4,250	72,646
#7,795	Wert	4,248	72,680

Who is named Greeley

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

92% of people named Greeley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.7%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Greeleys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Horace Greeley
American politician and publisher (1811–1872)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Grealey

Surnames that sound like Greeley

Greeley has the Soundex code G640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G640.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Greeley come from?: Nickname for someone with a pock-marked face, from Old French greslé (“pitted, scarred”).
How common is the surname Greeley?: 4,246 people in the United States had the surname Greeley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,714 Americans. It ranked 7,796th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Greeley?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Greeley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Greeley?: Horace Greeley, American politician and publisher (1811–1872).
Where is the surname Greeley most common?: Wikidata records people named Greeley in the United States.
How do you pronounce Greeley?: Greeley is /ˈɡɹiːli/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Greeley?: Greeley is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Greeley getting more or less common?: More common. 4,178 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,246 in 2010, up 1.6%.
What are other spellings of Greeley?: Grealey.