How common is the surname Sheely?

2,241 people in the United States had the surname Sheely in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 137,771 Americans. It ranked 13,536th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Sheely getting more or less common?

More common. 2,133 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,241 in 2010, up 5.1%.

The surname Sheely

A surname, carried by 2,241 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sheely is more common than 91.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,241 people named Sheely in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 137,771 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,133.

#13,536

rank among US surnames

2,241

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+5.1%

change since 2000 (was #13,144)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,531	Stringham	2,242	137,710
#13,536	Seiber	2,241	137,771
#13,541	Cousineau	2,240	137,833
#13,544	Pero	2,239	137,894
#13,545	Eugenio	2,238	137,956

Who is named Sheely

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

85% of people named Sheely identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sheely

Sheely 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 Sheely?: 2,241 people in the United States had the surname Sheely in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 137,771 Americans. It ranked 13,536th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sheely?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Sheely identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Sheely getting more or less common?: More common. 2,133 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,241 in 2010, up 5.1%.