How common is the surname Nisley?

1,186 people in the United States had the surname Nisley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 260,325 Americans. It ranked 21,895th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Nisley?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Nisley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Nisley getting more or less common?

More common. 892 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,186 in 2010, up 33%.

The surname Nisley

A surname, carried by 1,186 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex N240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nisley is more common than 86.5% of them.

Origin

Variant of Nissley.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,186 people named Nisley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 260,325 Americans. That is up 33% since 2000, when the Census counted 892.

#21,895

rank among US surnames

1,186

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+33%

change since 2000 (was #25,885)

Who is named Nisley

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

97% of people named Nisley identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 0.9%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Nisley

Nisley has the Soundex code N240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N240.

Questions

Where does the surname Nisley come from?: Variant of Nissley.
How common is the surname Nisley?: 1,186 people in the United States had the surname Nisley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 260,325 Americans. It ranked 21,895th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nisley?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Nisley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Nisley getting more or less common?: More common. 892 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,186 in 2010, up 33%.