How common is the surname Twilley?

1,576 people in the United States had the surname Twilley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,905 Americans. It ranked 17,775th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Twilley getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,590 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,576 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Twilley

A surname, carried by 1,576 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Twilley is more common than 89% of them.

Origin

Unknown.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,576 people named Twilley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 195,905 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,590.

#17,775

rank among US surnames

1,576

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #16,609)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,775	Willner	1,576	195,905
#17,784	Mallari	1,575	196,029

Who is named Twilley

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

76% of people named Twilley identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 76%
Black (not Hispanic) 20%
Two or more races 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Twilley

Twilley has the Soundex code T400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T400.

Questions

Where does the surname Twilley come from?: Unknown.
How common is the surname Twilley?: 1,576 people in the United States had the surname Twilley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,905 Americans. It ranked 17,775th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Twilley?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Twilley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Twilley getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,590 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,576 in 2010, down 0.9%.