How common is the surname Nunley?

9,046 people in the United States had the surname Nunley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,131 Americans. It ranked 3,936th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Nunley getting more or less common?

More common. 8,502 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,046 in 2010, up 6.4%.

The surname Nunley

An English place surname, carried by 9,046 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex N540

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nunley is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

English origin

Habitational surname from a minor place in Wroxall, Warwickshire, from Old English nunne (“nun, priestess”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to nun + -ley (“lea”).

Nunley 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 9,046 people named Nunley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,131 Americans. That is up 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,502.

#3,936

rank among US surnames

9,046

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+6.4%

change since 2000 (was #3,837)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,931	Gallant	9,051	34,112
#3,932	Kee	9,049	34,119
#3,933	Packer	9,048	34,123
#3,936	Nunley	9,046	34,131

Who is named Nunley

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

76% of people named Nunley identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 76%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
Two or more races 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Nunley

Nunnally

Nunley has the Soundex code N540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N540.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Nunley come from?: Habitational surname from a minor place in Wroxall, Warwickshire, from Old English nunne (“nun, priestess”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to nun + -ley (“lea”).
How common is the surname Nunley?: 9,046 people in the United States had the surname Nunley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,131 Americans. It ranked 3,936th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nunley?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Nunley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Nunley?: Nunley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Nunley getting more or less common?: More common. 8,502 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,046 in 2010, up 6.4%.