How common is the surname Weakley?

3,458 people in the United States had the surname Weakley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,284 Americans. It ranked 9,403rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Weakley getting more or less common?

More common. 3,343 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,458 in 2010, up 3.4%.

The surname Weakley

A surname, carried by 3,458 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Weakley is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,458 people named Weakley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 89,284 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,343.

#9,403

rank among US surnames

3,458

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #8,993)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,395	Borton	3,461	89,207
#9,397	Elia	3,460	89,233
#9,399	Edinger	3,459	89,259
#9,403	Samayoa	3,458	89,284
#9,405	Claussen	3,457	89,310
#9,407	Alverson	3,456	89,336

Who is named Weakley

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

84% of people named Weakley identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Weakley

Weakley 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 Weakley?: 3,458 people in the United States had the surname Weakley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,284 Americans. It ranked 9,403rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Weakley?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Weakley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Weakley getting more or less common?: More common. 3,343 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,458 in 2010, up 3.4%.