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    The surname Relyea

    A surname, carried by 1,806 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R400

    Relyea: #16,051 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Relyea #16,051, 1,806 people Relyea: #16,051 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Relyea #16,051, 1,806 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Relyea is more common than 90.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,806 people named Relyea in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 170,955 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,760.

    #16,051
    rank among US surnames
    1,806
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.6%
    change since 2000 (was #15,327)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,049Fritsche1,807170,861
    #16,051Reisner1,806170,955
    #16,059Hartig1,805171,050
    #16,060Saylors1,804171,145

    Who is named Relyea

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

    94% of people named Relyea identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Relyea

    Relyea 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 Relyea?
    1,806 people in the United States had the surname Relyea in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 170,955 Americans. It ranked 16,051st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Relyea?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Relyea identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Relyea getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,760 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,806 in 2010, up 2.6%.