How common is the surname Lemley?

4,670 people in the United States had the surname Lemley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,113 Americans. It ranked 7,162nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lemley?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lemley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lemley?

Elizabeth Lemley, American freestyle skier.

Where is the surname Lemley most common?

Wikidata records people named Lemley in the United States.

Is the surname Lemley getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,789 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,670 in 2010, down 2.5%.

The surname Lemley

A surname, carried by 4,670 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L540

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lemley is more common than 95.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,670 people named Lemley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,113 Americans. That is down 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,789.

#7,162

rank among US surnames

4,670

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

-2.5%

change since 2000 (was #6,534)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,155	Sain	4,675	66,042
#7,157	Enciso	4,674	66,056
#7,160	Nasser	4,673	66,070
#7,162	Marcial	4,670	66,113
#7,164	Arzola	4,669	66,127
#7,165	Rook	4,668	66,141

Who is named Lemley

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

94% of people named Lemley identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lemleys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Elizabeth Lemley
American freestyle skier, born 2006

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lemley

Lumley

Lemley has the Soundex code L540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L540.

Questions

How common is the surname Lemley?: 4,670 people in the United States had the surname Lemley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,113 Americans. It ranked 7,162nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lemley?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lemley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lemley?: Elizabeth Lemley, American freestyle skier.
Where is the surname Lemley most common?: Wikidata records people named Lemley in the United States.
Is the surname Lemley getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,789 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,670 in 2010, down 2.5%.