How common is the surname Burley?

8,542 people in the United States had the surname Burley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,144 Americans. It ranked 4,149th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Burley?

Walter Burley, 14th century English scholastic philosopher and logician, followed by Charley Burley.

Where is the surname Burley most common?

Wikidata records people named Burley in the Kingdom of England and the United States.

Is the surname Burley getting more or less common?

Less common. 8,743 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,542 in 2010, down 2.3%.

The surname Burley

An English surname, carried by 8,542 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B640

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Burley is more common than 97.4% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English burh (“burg”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,542 people named Burley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,144 Americans. That is down 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,743.

#4,149

rank among US surnames

8,542

people in 2010

2.9

per 100,000 Americans

-2.3%

change since 2000 (was #3,725)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,140	Gainey	8,556	36,085
#4,141	Heinrich	8,552	36,102
#4,142	Vetter	8,550	36,111
#4,143	Meneses	8,548	36,119
#4,145	Trice	8,546	36,127
#4,146	McCallister	8,545	36,132
#4,147	Koss	8,544	36,136

Who is named Burley

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

62% of people named Burley identified as white (not Hispanic), 32% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 62%
Black (not Hispanic) 32%
Two or more races 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Burleys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Walter Burley
14th century English scholastic philosopher and logician, 1275–1337
Charley Burley
American boxer (1917–1992)

Notable Burleys come mostly from the Kingdom of England (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Burley

Burley has the Soundex code B640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B640.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Burley come from?: From Old English burh (“burg”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”).
How common is the surname Burley?: 8,542 people in the United States had the surname Burley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,144 Americans. It ranked 4,149th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Burley?: In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Burley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 32% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Burley?: Walter Burley, 14th century English scholastic philosopher and logician, followed by Charley Burley.
Where is the surname Burley most common?: Wikidata records people named Burley in the Kingdom of England and the United States.
Is the surname Burley getting more or less common?: Less common. 8,743 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,542 in 2010, down 2.3%.