How common is the surname Cawley?

5,451 people in the United States had the surname Cawley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,640 Americans. It ranked 6,268th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cawley?

Rex Cawley, American hurdler (1940–2022), followed by Shirley Cawley.

Where is the surname Cawley most common?

Wikidata records people named Cawley in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Cawley getting more or less common?

More common. 5,370 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,451 in 2010, up 1.5%.

The surname Cawley

A surname, carried by 5,451 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cawley is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,451 people named Cawley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,640 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,370.

#6,268

rank among US surnames

5,451

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1.5%

change since 2000 (was #5,900)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,263	Amerson	5,455	56,599
#6,265	Bey	5,453	56,619
#6,267	Knecht	5,452	56,630
#6,268	Cawley	5,451	56,640
#6,269	McCulley	5,450	56,651
#6,271	Lowder	5,449	56,661

Who is named Cawley

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

91% of people named Cawley identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cawleys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rex Cawley
American hurdler (1940–2022)
Shirley Cawley
British athlete, born 1932

Notable Cawleys come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Cawley

Cawley has the Soundex code C400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C400.

Questions

How common is the surname Cawley?: 5,451 people in the United States had the surname Cawley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,640 Americans. It ranked 6,268th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cawley?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Cawley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Cawley?: Rex Cawley, American hurdler (1940–2022), followed by Shirley Cawley.
Where is the surname Cawley most common?: Wikidata records people named Cawley in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Cawley getting more or less common?: More common. 5,370 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,451 in 2010, up 1.5%.