How common is the surname Linsley?

1,030 people in the United States had the surname Linsley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 299,753 Americans. It ranked 24,339th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Linsley?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Linsley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Linsley?

Corey Linsley, American football center.

Where is the surname Linsley most common?

Wikidata records people named Linsley in the United States.

Is the surname Linsley getting more or less common?

More common. 916 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,030 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Linsley

A surname, carried by 1,030 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L524

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Linsley is more common than 85% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,030 people named Linsley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 299,753 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 916.

#24,339

rank among US surnames

1,030

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+12.4%

change since 2000 (was #25,374)

Who is named Linsley

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

93% of people named Linsley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Linsleys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Corey Linsley
American football center, born 1991

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Linsley

Linsley has the Soundex code L524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L524.

Questions

How common is the surname Linsley?: 1,030 people in the United States had the surname Linsley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 299,753 Americans. It ranked 24,339th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Linsley?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Linsley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Linsley?: Corey Linsley, American football center.
Where is the surname Linsley most common?: Wikidata records people named Linsley in the United States.
Is the surname Linsley getting more or less common?: More common. 916 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,030 in 2010, up 12%.