# Conley (surname)

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

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 55,917 |
| US rank (2010) | 607 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 5,521 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.2% (54,194 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɒnli/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Conlee, Conly |

## Etymology

Anglicization of Irish Ó Conghalaigh and Ó Conghaile, patronyms of Conghalach. Doublet of Connolly

## Who carries it

Share of people named Conley 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) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Conley in the United States.

## People named Conley

- Mike Conley Jr., American basketball player (born 1987)
- Mike Conley Sr., American track and field athlete
- Darlene Conley, American actress (1934–2007)
- Joe Conley, American actor (1928–2013)
- William Henry Conley, American industrialist, and first president of Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society (1840-1897
- Jack Conley, American actor
- Gene Conley, American baseball player (1930–2017)
- Arthur Conley, American soul singer (1946–2003)
- Garrard Conley, American author and LGBTQ activist
- James D. Conley, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska
- Lige Conley, American actor of the silent era (1897-1937)
- Sean Conley, American former US Navy officer who is the Physician to the President

and 3 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Connolly, Connelly, Connell, Connally, Conlee, Conwell, Canela, Channell, Chumley, Camilo, Canale, Cannella.

## 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.