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    The surname Pasley

    A surname, carried by 3,493 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P240

    Pasley: #9,320 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pasley #9,320, 3,493 people Pasley: #9,320 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pasley #9,320, 3,493 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pasley is more common than 94.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,493 people named Pasley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,390 Americans. That is up 9.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,193.

    #9,320
    rank among US surnames
    3,493
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.4%
    change since 2000 (was #9,362)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,313Barreras3,49688,314
    #9,314Elswick3,49588,339
    #9,319Maughan3,49488,364
    #9,320Niehaus3,49388,390
    #9,328Klimek3,49288,415

    Who is named Pasley

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

    68% of people named Pasley identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 68%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 26%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pasley

    Pasley has the Soundex code P240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P240.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Pasley?
    3,493 people in the United States had the surname Pasley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,390 Americans. It ranked 9,320th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pasley?
    In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Pasley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Pasley getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,193 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,493 in 2010, up 9.4%.