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    The surname Peasley

    A surname, carried by 1,816 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P240

    Peasley: #15,985 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Peasley #15,985, 1,816 people Peasley: #15,985 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Peasley #15,985, 1,816 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Peasley is more common than 90.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,816 people named Peasley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 170,014 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,720.

    #15,985
    rank among US surnames
    1,816
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.6%
    change since 2000 (was #15,598)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,978Doris1,817169,920
    #15,985Manges1,816170,014

    Who is named Peasley

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

    90% of people named Peasley identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.3%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Peasley

    Peasley 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 Peasley?
    1,816 people in the United States had the surname Peasley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 170,014 Americans. It ranked 15,985th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Peasley?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Peasley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Peasley getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,720 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,816 in 2010, up 5.6%.