How common is the surname Insley?

1,461 people in the United States had the surname Insley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 211,325 Americans. It ranked 18,766th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Insley?

Deborah Dingell, American politician (born 1953).

Where is the surname Insley most common?

Wikidata records people named Insley in the United States.

Is the surname Insley getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,469 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,461 in 2010, down 0.5%.

The surname Insley

A surname, carried by 1,461 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex I524

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Insley is more common than 88.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,461 people named Insley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 211,325 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,469.

#18,766

rank among US surnames

1,461

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-0.5%

change since 2000 (was #17,619)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,757	Wilker	1,462	211,180
#18,766	Graddy	1,461	211,325

Who is named Insley

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

95% of people named Insley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Two or more races 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Insleys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Deborah Dingell
American politician (born 1953)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Insley

Insley has the Soundex code I524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code I524.

Questions

How common is the surname Insley?: 1,461 people in the United States had the surname Insley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 211,325 Americans. It ranked 18,766th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Insley?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Insley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Insley?: Deborah Dingell, American politician (born 1953).
Where is the surname Insley most common?: Wikidata records people named Insley in the United States.
Is the surname Insley getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,469 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,461 in 2010, down 0.5%.