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    The surname Remley

    A surname, carried by 1,567 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R540

    Remley: #17,851 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Remley #17,851, 1,567 people Remley: #17,851 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Remley #17,851, 1,567 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Remley is more common than 89% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,567 people named Remley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 197,030 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,533.

    #17,851
    rank among US surnames
    1,567
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #17,073)

    Who is named Remley

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

    93% of people named Remley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Remley

    Remley has the Soundex code R540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R540.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Remley?
    1,567 people in the United States had the surname Remley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 197,030 Americans. It ranked 17,851st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Remley?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Remley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Remley getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,533 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,567 in 2010, up 2.2%.