How common is the surname Sunday?

3,567 people in the United States had the surname Sunday in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,556 Americans. It ranked 9,147th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sunday?

Billy Sunday, American evangelist and baseball player (1862-1935), followed by Joy Sunday.

Where is the surname Sunday most common?

Wikidata records people named Sunday in the United States.

Is the surname Sunday getting more or less common?

More common. 3,375 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,567 in 2010, up 5.7%.

The surname Sunday

A surname, carried by 3,567 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sunday is more common than 94.4% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,567 people named Sunday in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,556 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,375.

#9,147

rank among US surnames

3,567

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+5.7%

change since 2000 (was #8,920)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,139	Manalo	3,571	86,459
#9,141	Mishler	3,569	86,508
#9,144	Collum	3,568	86,532
#9,147	Pletcher	3,567	86,556
#9,149	Adamski	3,566	86,580
#9,150	Stouffer	3,565	86,605

Who is named Sunday

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

82% of people named Sunday identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 4.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 2.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sundays

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Billy Sunday
American evangelist and baseball player (1862-1935)
Joy Sunday
American actress, born 1995
Gabriel Sunday
American actor, born 1985

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sunday

Sunday has the Soundex code S530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S530.

Questions

How common is the surname Sunday?: 3,567 people in the United States had the surname Sunday in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,556 Americans. It ranked 9,147th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sunday?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Sunday identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sunday?: Billy Sunday, American evangelist and baseball player (1862-1935), followed by Joy Sunday.
Where is the surname Sunday most common?: Wikidata records people named Sunday in the United States.
Is the surname Sunday getting more or less common?: More common. 3,375 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,567 in 2010, up 5.7%.