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    The surname Qualey

    A surname, carried by 606 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex Q400

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Qualey is more common than 77.3% of them.

    Origin

    Two main origins: * Variant of Quealy. * Americanized spelling of Norwegian Kvaløy.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 606 people named Qualey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 509,481 Americans. That is down 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 632.

    #36,838
    rank among US surnames
    606
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -4.1%
    change since 2000 (was #33,993)

    Who is named Qualey

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

    98% of people named Qualey identified as white (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 98%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Hispanic, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Qualley

    Surnames that sound like Qualey

    Qualey has the Soundex code Q400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Q400.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Qualey come from?
    Two main origins: * Variant of Quealy. * Americanized spelling of Norwegian Kvaløy.
    How common is the surname Qualey?
    606 people in the United States had the surname Qualey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 509,481 Americans. It ranked 36,838th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Qualey?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Qualey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Qualey getting more or less common?
    Less common. 632 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 606 in 2010, down 4.1%.
    What are other spellings of Qualey?
    Qualley.