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The surname Ulrey

A surname, carried by 1,183 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex U460

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ulrey is more common than 86.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,183 people named Ulrey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 260,985 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,178.

#21,940
rank among US surnames
1,183
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+0.4%
change since 2000 (was #20,831)

Who is named Ulrey

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

92% of people named Ulrey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 92%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
  • Two or more races 2.4%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ulrey

Ulrey has the Soundex code U460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code U460.

Questions

How common is the surname Ulrey?
1,183 people in the United States had the surname Ulrey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 260,985 Americans. It ranked 21,940th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ulrey?
In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Ulrey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Ulrey getting more or less common?
More common. 1,178 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,183 in 2010, up 0.4%.