Explore the Family Name Windley

The meaning of Windley

English: habitational name from Windley, a place in Derbyshire named from Old English winn ‘pasture, meadow’ + lēah ‘wood, woodland clearing’.

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How common is the last name Windley in the United States?

According to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Windley has seen an increase between the years 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Windley was ranked as the 18,016th most popular surname in the United States, but by 2010, it had risen to the 17,541st spot, showing a change of 2.64 percent. The count of people with the Windley surname also increased during this period, going from 1,428 to 1,604, a rise of 12.32 percent. Proportionally, per 100k people, the frequency of the Windley surname went up slightly from 0.53 to 0.54.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#18,016	#17,541	2.64%
Count	1,428	1,604	12.32%
Proportion per 100k	0.53	0.54	1.89%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Windley

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals some noteworthy changes for the surname Windley between 2000 and 2010. For instance, there was a significant increase in the percentage of people with the surname identifying as Hispanic, which rose by 71.43 percent. Similarly, those identifying as two or more races saw an increase of 48.57 percent. There was also a small emergence of Asian/Pacific Islander representation within the Windley surname. However, there was a slight decrease in those identifying as White and Black, with changes of -2.07 percent and -2.49 percent, respectively. The representation of American Indian and Alaskan Native remained the same during this decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Black	52.17%	50.87%	-2.49%
White	43.42%	42.52%	-2.07%
Two or More Races	2.1%	3.12%	48.57%
Hispanic	1.82%	3.12%	71.43%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.37%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%