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    The surname Watley

    A surname, carried by 2,361 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W340

    Watley: #13,002 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Watley #13,002, 2,361 people Watley: #13,002 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Watley #13,002, 2,361 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Watley is more common than 92% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,361 people named Watley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,769 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,130.

    #13,002
    rank among US surnames
    2,361
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.8%
    change since 2000 (was #13,158)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,994Beringer2,363130,658
    #12,999Diggins2,362130,714
    #13,002Jellison2,361130,769
    #13,007Urrea2,360130,824
    #13,010Stetler2,359130,880

    Who is named Watley

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

    51% of people named Watley identified as Black (not Hispanic), 39% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 51%
    • White (not Hispanic) 39%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.5%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Watleys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jody Watley
      American singer, born 1959

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Watley

    Watley has the Soundex code W340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W340.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Watley?
    2,361 people in the United States had the surname Watley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,769 Americans. It ranked 13,002nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Watley?
    In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Watley identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 39% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Watley?
    Jody Watley, American singer.
    Where is the surname Watley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Watley in the United States.
    Is the surname Watley getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,130 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,361 in 2010, up 11%.