# Calverley (surname)

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

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 604 |
| US rank (2010) | 36,970 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 511,168 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.0% (570 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkælvə(ɹ)li/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English calfra, genitive plural of cælf (“calf”), + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Calverley 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Calverley in the United States.

## People named Calverley

- Ernie Calverley, American basketball player and coach (1924–2003)

## Similar surnames

Cleverly, Calvert, Colbert, Clifford, Culver, Culbertson, Colburn, Calabrese, Claiborne, Clapper, Cleaver, Culberson.

## 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.