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    The surname Coley

    A surname, carried by 15,671 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C400

    Coley: #2,326 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Coley #2,326, 15,671 people Coley: #2,326 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Coley #2,326, 15,671 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Coley is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 15,671 people named Coley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,702 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,879.

    #2,326
    rank among US surnames
    15,671
    people in 2010
    5.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.3%
    change since 2000 (was #2,243)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,317Redding15,76719,582
    #2,318Tilley15,75819,593
    #2,319Royal15,75519,597
    #2,320Busby15,75419,598
    #2,321Hillman15,73819,618
    #2,322Cornett15,73319,624
    #2,323Burr15,70319,662

    Who is named Coley

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

    51% of people named Coley identified as white (not Hispanic), 43% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 51%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 43%
    • Two or more races 2.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Coleys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • William Coley
      American surgeon (1862-1936)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Coley

    Coley 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 Coley?
    15,671 people in the United States had the surname Coley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,702 Americans. It ranked 2,326th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Coley?
    In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Coley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 43% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Coley?
    William Coley, American surgeon (1862-1936).
    Where is the surname Coley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Coley in the United States.
    Is the surname Coley getting more or less common?
    More common. 14,879 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,671 in 2010, up 5.3%.