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    The surname Nolley

    A surname, carried by 1,492 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N400

    Nolley: #18,507 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Nolley #18,507, 1,492 people Nolley: #18,507 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Nolley #18,507, 1,492 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nolley is more common than 88.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,492 people named Nolley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 206,934 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,308.

    #18,507
    rank among US surnames
    1,492
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.1%
    change since 2000 (was #19,196)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,499Bouknight1,494206,657
    #18,502Meidinger1,493206,795
    #18,507In1,492206,934
    #18,511Frain1,491207,073

    Who is named Nolley

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

    54% of people named Nolley identified as white (not Hispanic), 42% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 54%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 42%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; 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 Nolley

    Nolley 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 Nolley?
    1,492 people in the United States had the surname Nolley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 206,934 Americans. It ranked 18,507th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nolley?
    In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Nolley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 42% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Nolley getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,308 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,492 in 2010, up 14%.