# Colley (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/colley/  
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) | 8,887 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,996 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 34,741 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.1% (8,707 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Colley 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) | 82% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Colley in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Colley

- Kenneth Colley, British actor (1937–2025)
- George Pomeroy Colley, British Army general (1835–1881)
- Scott Colley, American jazz bassist and composer
- Minnie Pearl, American comedian and country singer (1912–1996)

## Similar surnames

Cole, Cooley, Coyle, Coley, Cowley, Calle, Culley, Collie, Coello, Coll, Caley, Cola.

## 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.