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    The surname Wimbley

    A surname, carried by 1,562 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W514

    Wimbley: #17,896 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wimbley #17,896, 1,562 people Wimbley: #17,896 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wimbley #17,896, 1,562 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wimbley is more common than 89% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,562 people named Wimbley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 197,660 Americans. That is up 9.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,425.

    #17,896
    rank among US surnames
    1,562
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.6%
    change since 2000 (was #18,045)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,888Bergren1,563197,534
    #17,896Petras1,562197,660

    Who is named Wimbley

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

    83% of people named Wimbley identified as Black (not Hispanic), 9.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.4% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 83%
    • White (not Hispanic) 9.0%
    • Two or more races 4.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Wimble

    Surnames that sound like Wimbley

    Wimbley has the Soundex code W514, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W514.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Wimbley?
    1,562 people in the United States had the surname Wimbley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 197,660 Americans. It ranked 17,896th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wimbley?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Wimbley identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 9.0% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Wimbley getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,425 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,562 in 2010, up 9.6%.
    What are other spellings of Wimbley?
    Wimble.