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    The surname Naylor

    An occupational surname, carried by 16,745 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N460

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Naylor is more common than 98.7% of them.

    Origin

    An English occupational surname for a maker of nails.

    Naylor is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,745 people named Naylor in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,438 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,930.

    #2,169
    rank among US surnames
    16,745
    people in 2010
    5.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.1%
    change since 2000 (was #2,088)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,160Torrez16,79518,383
    #2,161Dupree16,79418,384
    #2,162Eastman16,79118,388
    #2,163Crandall16,78118,399
    #2,164Light16,76918,412
    #2,166Almeida16,76018,422
    #2,167Hawthorne16,75818,424

    Who is named Naylor

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

    83% of people named Naylor identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Naylors

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Gloria Naylor
      American writer (1950–2016)
    • Lee Naylor
      Australian sprinter, born 1971
    • Mya-Lecia Naylor
      British actress, model, singer and YouTuber, 2002–2019
    • Zoe Naylor
      Australian actress, born 1977

    Notable Naylors come mostly from Australia (2), the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Nailor
    • Nayler

    Naylor has the Soundex code N460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N460.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Naylor come from?
    An English occupational surname for a maker of nails.
    How common is the surname Naylor?
    16,745 people in the United States had the surname Naylor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,438 Americans. It ranked 2,169th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Naylor?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Naylor identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Naylor?
    Gloria Naylor, American writer (1950–2016), followed by Lee Naylor.
    Where is the surname Naylor most common?
    Wikidata records people named Naylor in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom.
    What type of surname is Naylor?
    Naylor is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Naylor getting more or less common?
    More common. 15,930 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,745 in 2010, up 5.1%.
    What are other spellings of Naylor?
    Nailor and Nayler.