How common is the surname Werley?

1,044 people in the United States had the surname Werley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 295,733 Americans. It ranked 24,112th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Werley?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Werley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

How do you pronounce Werley?

Werley is /ˈwɜː(ɹ)li/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Werley getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,166 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,044 in 2010, down 11%.

The surname Werley

A surname, carried by 1,044 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈwɜː(ɹ)li/ 2 syllables Soundex W640

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Werley is more common than 85.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,044 people named Werley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 295,733 Americans. That is down 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,166.

#24,112

rank among US surnames

1,044

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-10.5%

change since 2000 (was #21,004)

Who is named Werley

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

96% of people named Werley identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Werley

Werley has the Soundex code W640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W640.

Questions

How common is the surname Werley?: 1,044 people in the United States had the surname Werley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 295,733 Americans. It ranked 24,112th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Werley?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Werley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
How do you pronounce Werley?: Werley is /ˈwɜː(ɹ)li/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Werley getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,166 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,044 in 2010, down 11%.