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    The surname Kegley

    A surname, carried by 3,391 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K240

    Kegley: #9,587 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kegley #9,587, 3,391 people Kegley: #9,587 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kegley #9,587, 3,391 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kegley is more common than 94.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,391 people named Kegley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 91,049 Americans. That is up 8.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,133.

    #9,587
    rank among US surnames
    3,391
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.2%
    change since 2000 (was #9,518)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,578Enoch3,39490,968
    #9,581Scheid3,39390,995
    #9,583Woodrum3,39291,022
    #9,587Kegley3,39191,049
    #9,590Cendejas3,39091,075
    #9,592Bicknell3,38991,102
    #9,593Costantino3,38891,129

    Who is named Kegley

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

    95% of people named Kegley identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as two or more races and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kegley

    Kegley has the Soundex code K240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K240.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kegley?
    3,391 people in the United States had the surname Kegley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,049 Americans. It ranked 9,587th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kegley?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kegley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Kegley getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,133 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,391 in 2010, up 8.2%.