How common is the surname Midgley?

1,393 people in the United States had the surname Midgley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 221,641 Americans. It ranked 19,398th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Midgley?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Midgley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Midgley?

Thomas Midgley, American chemist and engineer (1889–1944), followed by Fanny Midgley.

Where is the surname Midgley most common?

Wikidata records people named Midgley in the United States.

How do you pronounce Midgley?

Midgley is /ˈmɪd͡ʒli/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Midgley getting more or less common?

More common. 1,342 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,393 in 2010, up 3.8%.

The surname Midgley

An English place surname, carried by 1,393 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈmɪd͡ʒli/ 2 syllables Soundex M324

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Midgley is more common than 88% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English myċġ (“midge, gnat, mosquito”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to midge + -ley (“lea”).

Midgley is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,393 people named Midgley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 221,641 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,342.

#19,398

rank among US surnames

1,393

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.8%

change since 2000 (was #18,847)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,390	Rifkin	1,394	221,482
#19,398	Zaborowski	1,393	221,641

Who is named Midgley

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

92% of people named Midgley identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Midgleys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Thomas Midgley
American chemist and engineer (1889–1944)
Fanny Midgley
American actress (1879-1932)

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Midgley come from?: From Old English myċġ (“midge, gnat, mosquito”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to midge + -ley (“lea”).
How common is the surname Midgley?: 1,393 people in the United States had the surname Midgley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 221,641 Americans. It ranked 19,398th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Midgley?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Midgley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Midgley?: Thomas Midgley, American chemist and engineer (1889–1944), followed by Fanny Midgley.
Where is the surname Midgley most common?: Wikidata records people named Midgley in the United States.
How do you pronounce Midgley?: Midgley is /ˈmɪd͡ʒli/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Midgley?: Midgley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Midgley getting more or less common?: More common. 1,342 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,393 in 2010, up 3.8%.