Surname Checker / Kelly
How Common Is the Last Name Kelly?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Kelly today
296,065
Ranked #74 of 162,254 published surnames · 90.65 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 267,394 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
78.09%
Black
16.22%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.64%
Hispanic
2.69%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.