How common is the surname Ley?

5,037 people in the United States had the surname Ley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,296 Americans. It ranked 6,704th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ley?

In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Ley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Ley?

Sussan Ley, Australian politician, followed by Steven V. Ley.

Where is the surname Ley most common?

Wikidata records people named Ley in Australia and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Ley getting more or less common?

Less common. 5,380 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,037 in 2010, down 6.4%.

The surname Ley

A surname, carried by 5,037 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ley is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,037 people named Ley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,296 Americans. That is down 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,380.

#6,704

rank among US surnames

5,037

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

-6.4%

change since 2000 (was #5,891)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,699	Bodine	5,042	61,235
#6,700	Hickerson	5,041	61,247
#6,701	Messner	5,039	61,271
#6,704	Dyke	5,037	61,296
#6,708	Ussery	5,036	61,308
#6,709	Daggett	5,035	61,320

Who is named Ley

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

77% of people named Ley identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 7.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 77%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 13%
Asian and Pacific Islander 7.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Two or more races 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Leys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sussan Ley
Australian politician, born 1961
Steven V. Ley
British chemist, born 1945

Notable Leys come mostly from Australia (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ley

Ley has the Soundex code L000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L000.

Questions

How common is the surname Ley?: 5,037 people in the United States had the surname Ley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,296 Americans. It ranked 6,704th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ley?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Ley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ley?: Sussan Ley, Australian politician, followed by Steven V. Ley.
Where is the surname Ley most common?: Wikidata records people named Ley in Australia and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Ley getting more or less common?: Less common. 5,380 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,037 in 2010, down 6.4%.