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    The surname Pixley

    A surname, carried by 2,516 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P240

    Pixley: #12,357 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pixley #12,357, 2,516 people Pixley: #12,357 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pixley #12,357, 2,516 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pixley is more common than 92.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,516 people named Pixley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,713 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,509.

    #12,357
    rank among US surnames
    2,516
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #11,507)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,348Timmins2,519122,567
    #12,350Laubach2,518122,615
    #12,351Lobdell2,517122,664
    #12,357Desrochers2,516122,713
    #12,362Bart2,515122,762

    Who is named Pixley

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

    85% of people named Pixley identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Pixleys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Gus Pixley
      Actor (1864-1923)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pixley

    Pixley 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 Pixley?
    2,516 people in the United States had the surname Pixley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,713 Americans. It ranked 12,357th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pixley?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Pixley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Pixley?
    Gus Pixley, actor (1864-1923).
    Where is the surname Pixley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Pixley in the United States.
    Is the surname Pixley getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,509 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,516 in 2010, up 0.3%.