How Many People Have the Last Name Kelly?
people had the surname Kelly in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 1,103 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+7,009 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Kelly (78.1%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 16.2%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Kelly ranks #50. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 80.4% to 78.1%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Kelly grew from 260,385 people in 2000 to 267,394 in 2010 (up 2.7%), and its rank fell from #69 to #74. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 96.52 to 90.65 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 260,385 | 267,394 |
| Rank | #69 | #74 |
| Per 100,000 people | 96.52 | 90.65 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Kelly
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Kelly: K400
👤 Kelly as a First Name
Kelly is a first name too: about 509,685 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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