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    The surname Quealy

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 394 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex Q400

    Quealy: #52,619 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Quealy #52,619, 394 people Quealy: #52,619 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Quealy #52,619, 394 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Quealy is more common than 67.6% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Caollaidhe (“son of Caollaidhe”), an ancient Irish personal name. Compare Keeley.

    Quealy is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 394 people named Quealy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 783,618 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 372.

    #52,619
    rank among US surnames
    394
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.9%
    change since 2000 (was #52,403)

    Who is named Quealy

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

    96% of people named Quealy identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Quealy

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

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Quealy come from?
    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Caollaidhe (“son of Caollaidhe”), an ancient Irish personal name. Compare Keeley.
    How common is the surname Quealy?
    394 people in the United States had the surname Quealy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 783,618 Americans. It ranked 52,619th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Quealy?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Quealy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Quealy?
    Quealy is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Quealy getting more or less common?
    More common. 372 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 394 in 2010, up 5.9%.
    What are other spellings of Quealy?
    Qualey.