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    The surname Shealey

    A surname, carried by 1,408 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S400

    Shealey: #19,257 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Shealey #19,257, 1,408 people Shealey: #19,257 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shealey #19,257, 1,408 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shealey is more common than 88.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,408 people named Shealey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 219,280 Americans. That is up 9.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,285.

    #19,257
    rank among US surnames
    1,408
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.6%
    change since 2000 (was #19,455)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,257Bator1,408219,280
    #19,266Kindt1,407219,435

    Who is named Shealey

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

    57% of people named Shealey identified as Black (not Hispanic), 37% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 57%
    • White (not Hispanic) 37%
    • Two or more races 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Shealeys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Alma Adams
      American politician in North Carolina (born 1946)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Shealey

    Shealey has the Soundex code S400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S400.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Shealey?
    1,408 people in the United States had the surname Shealey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 219,280 Americans. It ranked 19,257th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shealey?
    In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Shealey identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 37% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Shealey?
    Alma Adams, American politician in North Carolina (born 1946).
    Where is the surname Shealey most common?
    Wikidata records people named Shealey in the United States.
    Is the surname Shealey getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,285 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,408 in 2010, up 9.6%.