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The REILY surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 999 23657 0 4
United States (1880 census) 1,825 3247 0.004 37
Change since 1880 -826 -20410 +N/A -33
Other Countries
Australia 68 19795 0 4
United Kingdom 83 24715 0 2
Top States for REILY by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Texas 122 15646 0.001 6
California 85 32255 0.000 3
Louisiana 81 7484 0.002 18
Pennsylvania 79 22278 0.001 6
Florida 75 26530 0.000 5
Top States for REILY by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Louisiana 81 7484 0.002 18
Alaska 7 18940 0.001 11
Arizona 43 15112 0.001 8
Massachusetts 52 18043 0.001 8
Georgia 59 11842 0.001 7

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called REILY live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called REILY represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called REILY in Texas than any other state, but you are more likely to find a REILY by picking someone at random in Louisiana than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of REILY

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Ireland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the REILY surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the REILY surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of REILY in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 869 86.99
Black/African American 75 7.51
White (Hispanic) 27 2.7
Mixed Race 19 1.9
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the REILY surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of REILY in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of REILY.

Similar names to REILY

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as REILY.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for REILY

The following words are slight variants of REILY that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.