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    The surname Wagley

    A surname, carried by 1,013 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W240

    Wagley: #24,648 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Wagley #24,648, 1,013 people Wagley: #24,648 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Wagley #24,648, 1,013 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wagley is more common than 84.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,013 people named Wagley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 304,783 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 965.

    #24,648
    rank among US surnames
    1,013
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5%
    change since 2000 (was #24,328)

    Who is named Wagley

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

    85% of people named Wagley identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    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 Wagley

    Wagley has the Soundex code W240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W240.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Wagley?
    1,013 people in the United States had the surname Wagley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 304,783 Americans. It ranked 24,648th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wagley?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Wagley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Wagley getting more or less common?
    More common. 965 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,013 in 2010, up 5.0%.