How common is the surname Pelley?

1,592 people in the United States had the surname Pelley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 193,936 Americans. It ranked 17,651st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pelley?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Pelley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Pelley?

William Dudley Pelley, American political activist, screenwriter, and convicted fraudster (1890-1965), followed by Scott Pelley.

Where is the surname Pelley most common?

Wikidata records people named Pelley in the United States.

Is the surname Pelley getting more or less common?

More common. 1,523 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,592 in 2010, up 4.5%.

The surname Pelley

A surname, carried by 1,592 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pelley is more common than 89.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,592 people named Pelley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 193,936 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,523.

#17,651

rank among US surnames

1,592

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+4.5%

change since 2000 (was #17,165)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,651	Heidel	1,592	193,936
#17,657	Dattilo	1,591	194,058

Who is named Pelley

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

91% of people named Pelley identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pelleys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

William Dudley Pelley
American political activist, screenwriter, and convicted fraudster (1890-1965)
Scott Pelley
American journalist (born 1957)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pelley

Pelley has the Soundex code P400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P400.

Questions

How common is the surname Pelley?: 1,592 people in the United States had the surname Pelley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 193,936 Americans. It ranked 17,651st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pelley?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Pelley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Pelley?: William Dudley Pelley, American political activist, screenwriter, and convicted fraudster (1890-1965), followed by Scott Pelley.
Where is the surname Pelley most common?: Wikidata records people named Pelley in the United States.
Is the surname Pelley getting more or less common?: More common. 1,523 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,592 in 2010, up 4.5%.