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    The surname Smalley

    An English surname, carried by 11,737 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S540

    Smalley: #3,055 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Smalley #3,055, 11,737 people Smalley: #3,055 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Smalley #3,055, 11,737 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Smalley is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English smæl (“narrow”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,737 people named Smalley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,305 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,512.

    #3,055
    rank among US surnames
    11,737
    people in 2010
    4.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2%
    change since 2000 (was #2,866)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,046Applegate11,76226,249
    #3,047Larue11,75726,261
    #3,048Hudgins11,75526,265
    #3,049Paxton11,75426,267
    #3,050Martins11,75126,274
    #3,051Fortune11,74826,281
    #3,052Bair11,74026,299

    Who is named Smalley

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

    85% of people named Smalley identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Smalleys

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Richard Smalley
      American chemist (1943–2005)
    • Phillips Smalley
      American actor and film director (1875–1939)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Smalley

    Smalley has the Soundex code S540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S540.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Smalley come from?
    From Old English smæl (“narrow”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”).
    How common is the surname Smalley?
    11,737 people in the United States had the surname Smalley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,305 Americans. It ranked 3,055th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Smalley?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Smalley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Smalley?
    Richard Smalley, American chemist (1943–2005), followed by Phillips Smalley.
    Where is the surname Smalley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Smalley in the United States.
    Is the surname Smalley getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,512 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,737 in 2010, up 2.0%.