How common is the surname Utley?

7,385 people in the United States had the surname Utley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,807 Americans. It ranked 4,788th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Utley?

Chase Utley, American baseball player (born 1978).

Where is the surname Utley most common?

Wikidata records people named Utley in the United States.

Is the surname Utley getting more or less common?

More common. 7,249 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,385 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Utley

An English place surname, carried by 7,385 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex U340

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Utley is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

English origin

From the Old English personal name Utta + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

Utley 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 7,385 people named Utley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 41,807 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,249.

#4,788

rank among US surnames

7,385

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #4,508)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,779	Cushman	7,400	41,722
#4,780	Moorman	7,399	41,728
#4,781	Pellegrino	7,398	41,734
#4,782	Jenks	7,396	41,745
#4,783	Desmond	7,395	41,751
#4,784	Gerlach	7,394	41,756
#4,785	McMichael	7,392	41,768

Who is named Utley

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

78% of people named Utley identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Black (not Hispanic) 16%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Utleys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Chase Utley
American baseball player (born 1978)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Uttley

Utley has the Soundex code U340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code U340.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Utley come from?: From the Old English personal name Utta + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).
How common is the surname Utley?: 7,385 people in the United States had the surname Utley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,807 Americans. It ranked 4,788th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Utley?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Utley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Utley?: Chase Utley, American baseball player (born 1978).
Where is the surname Utley most common?: Wikidata records people named Utley in the United States.
What type of surname is Utley?: Utley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Utley getting more or less common?: More common. 7,249 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,385 in 2010, up 1.9%.
What are other spellings of Utley?: Uttley.