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    The surname Weatherly

    A surname, carried by 6,926 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex W364

    Weatherly: #5,064 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Weatherly #5,064, 6,926 people Weatherly: #5,064 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Weatherly #5,064, 6,926 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Weatherly is more common than 96.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,926 people named Weatherly in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,578 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,718.

    #5,064
    rank among US surnames
    6,926
    people in 2010
    2.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.1%
    change since 2000 (was #4,805)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,059Siebert6,93244,539
    #5,060Buenrostro6,93144,546
    #5,062Haight6,92944,558
    #5,064Salyer6,92644,578

    Who is named Weatherly

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

    82% of people named Weatherly identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Weatherlys

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Michael Weatherly
      American actor and director, born 1968
    • Shawn Weatherly
      American beauty queen, actress (active 1980–)
    • Joe Weatherly
      American NASCAR and motorcycle racer (1922-1964)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Weatherly

    Weatherly has the Soundex code W364, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W364.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Weatherly?
    6,926 people in the United States had the surname Weatherly in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,578 Americans. It ranked 5,064th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Weatherly?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Weatherly identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Weatherly?
    Michael Weatherly, American actor and director, followed by Shawn Weatherly.
    Where is the surname Weatherly most common?
    Wikidata records people named Weatherly in the United States.
    Is the surname Weatherly getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,718 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,926 in 2010, up 3.1%.