How common is the surname Stilley?

1,353 people in the United States had the surname Stilley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 228,193 Americans. It ranked 19,865th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Stilley?

Margo Stilley, American actress.

Where is the surname Stilley most common?

Wikidata records people named Stilley in the United States.

Is the surname Stilley getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,563 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,353 in 2010, down 13%.

The surname Stilley

A surname, carried by 1,353 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S340

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stilley is more common than 87.8% of them.

Origin

Scottish surname of uncertain origin.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,353 people named Stilley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 228,193 Americans. That is down 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,563.

#19,865

rank among US surnames

1,353

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-13.4%

change since 2000 (was #16,810)

Who is named Stilley

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

85% of people named Stilley identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Stilleys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Margo Stilley
American actress, born 1982

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stilley

Stilley has the Soundex code S340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S340.

Questions

Where does the surname Stilley come from?: Scottish surname of uncertain origin.
How common is the surname Stilley?: 1,353 people in the United States had the surname Stilley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 228,193 Americans. It ranked 19,865th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stilley?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Stilley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Stilley?: Margo Stilley, American actress.
Where is the surname Stilley most common?: Wikidata records people named Stilley in the United States.
Is the surname Stilley getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,563 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,353 in 2010, down 13%.