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    The surname Railey

    A surname, carried by 3,246 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R400

    Railey: #9,940 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Railey #9,940, 3,246 people Railey: #9,940 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Railey #9,940, 3,246 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Railey is more common than 93.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,246 people named Railey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 95,116 Americans. That is up 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,481.

    #9,940
    rank among US surnames
    3,246
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +30.8%
    change since 2000 (was #11,605)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,931Tso3,24995,028
    #9,932Olney3,24895,057
    #9,940McCarroll3,24695,116
    #9,949Schantz3,24595,145

    Who is named Railey

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

    72% of people named Railey identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 72%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 23%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Railey

    Railey has the Soundex code R400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R400.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Railey?
    3,246 people in the United States had the surname Railey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,116 Americans. It ranked 9,940th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Railey?
    In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Railey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Railey getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,481 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,246 in 2010, up 31%.