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    The surname Straley

    A surname, carried by 2,472 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S364

    Straley: #12,536 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Straley #12,536, 2,472 people Straley: #12,536 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Straley #12,536, 2,472 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Straley is more common than 92.3% of them.

    Origin

    From German Strahl (“ray; beam of light”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,472 people named Straley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 124,897 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,371.

    #12,536
    rank among US surnames
    2,472
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.3%
    change since 2000 (was #12,078)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,531Pompey2,473124,847
    #12,536Dahlin2,472124,897
    #12,540Volker2,471124,948
    #12,541Fairman2,470124,998

    Who is named Straley

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

    94% of people named Straley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Straleys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Bruce Straley
      American video game designer, born 1978

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Straley

    Straley has the Soundex code S364, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S364.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Straley come from?
    From German Strahl (“ray; beam of light”).
    How common is the surname Straley?
    2,472 people in the United States had the surname Straley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,897 Americans. It ranked 12,536th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Straley?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Straley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Straley?
    Bruce Straley, American video game designer.
    Where is the surname Straley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Straley in the United States.
    Is the surname Straley getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,371 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,472 in 2010, up 4.3%.