# Alley (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/alley/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 14,323 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,529 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 21,556 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.3% (14,285 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Aley |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Alley in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Alley in the United States and Benin.

## People named Alley

- Kirstie Alley, American actress (1951–2022)
- Alphonse Alley, Beninese army officer and politician (1930-1987)
- Richard B. Alley, American geologist, author, and academic

## Similar surnames

Allee, Allie, Alli, Ally, Ale, Alloway, Ayala, Ali, Aiello, Aly, Ahl, Aul.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.