How common is the surname Nalley?

5,134 people in the United States had the surname Nalley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,137 Americans. It ranked 6,598th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Nalley getting more or less common?

More common. 4,385 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,134 in 2010, up 17%.

The surname Nalley

A surname, carried by 5,134 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex N400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nalley 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 5,134 people named Nalley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 60,137 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,385.

#6,598

rank among US surnames

5,134

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+17.1%

change since 2000 (was #7,044)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,593	Benfield	5,138	60,091
#6,594	Peake	5,137	60,102
#6,595	Capone	5,135	60,126
#6,598	Delp	5,134	60,137

Who is named Nalley

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

91% of people named Nalley identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Nalley

Nalley has the Soundex code N400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N400.

Questions

How common is the surname Nalley?: 5,134 people in the United States had the surname Nalley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,137 Americans. It ranked 6,598th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nalley?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Nalley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Nalley getting more or less common?: More common. 4,385 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,134 in 2010, up 17%.