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    The surname Studley

    An English place surname, carried by 1,704 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S334

    Studley: #16,765 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Studley #16,765, 1,704 people Studley: #16,765 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Studley #16,765, 1,704 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Studley is more common than 89.7% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English stōd (“enclosure for keeping horses; stud”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to stud + -ley (“lea”).

    Studley is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    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 1,704 people named Studley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 181,189 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,639.

    #16,765
    rank among US surnames
    1,704
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4%
    change since 2000 (was #16,208)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,761Kafka1,705181,082
    #16,765Curtsinger1,704181,189

    Who is named Studley

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

    96% of people named Studley identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Studley

    Studley has the Soundex code S334, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S334.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Studley come from?
    From Old English stōd (“enclosure for keeping horses; stud”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to stud + -ley (“lea”).
    How common is the surname Studley?
    1,704 people in the United States had the surname Studley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,189 Americans. It ranked 16,765th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Studley?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Studley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Studley?
    Studley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Studley getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,639 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,704 in 2010, up 4.0%.