How common is the surname Conley?

55,917 people in the United States had the surname Conley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,521 Americans. It ranked 607th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Conley?

Mike Conley Jr., American basketball player (born 1987), followed by Mike Conley Sr..

Where is the surname Conley most common?

Wikidata records people named Conley in the United States.

How do you pronounce Conley?

Conley is /ˈkɒnli/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Conley getting more or less common?

More common. 54,194 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 55,917 in 2010, up 3.2%.

Is Conley also a first name?

Yes. Conley is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Conley

An Irish surname, carried by 55,917 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkɒnli/ 2 syllables Soundex C540 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Conley is more common than 99.6% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

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

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 55,917 people named Conley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 5,521 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 54,194.

#607

rank among US surnames

55,917

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #562)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#598	Yoder	56,410	5,473
#599	Collier	56,380	5,476
#600	Zuniga	56,347	5,479
#601	Carey	56,322	5,482
#602	Wilcox	56,286	5,485
#603	Melendez	56,230	5,491
#604	Poole	56,226	5,491

Who is named Conley

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

80% of people named Conley identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Black (not Hispanic) 15%
Two or more races 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Conleys

15 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mike Conley Jr.
American basketball player (born 1987)
Mike Conley Sr.
American track and field athlete, born 1962
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, born 1958
Gene Conley
American baseball player (1930–2017)
Arthur Conley
American soul singer (1946–2003)
Garrard Conley
American author and LGBTQ activist, born 1985
James D. Conley
Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska, born 1955
Lige Conley
American actor of the silent era (1897-1937)
Sean Conley
American former US Navy officer who is the Physician to the President, born 1980

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Conlee
Conly

Surnames that sound like Conley

Conley has the Soundex code C540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C540.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Conley come from?: Anglicization of Irish Ó Conghalaigh and Ó Conghaile, patronyms of Conghalach. Doublet of Connolly
How common is the surname Conley?: 55,917 people in the United States had the surname Conley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,521 Americans. It ranked 607th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Conley?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Conley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Conley?: Mike Conley Jr., American basketball player (born 1987), followed by Mike Conley Sr..
Where is the surname Conley most common?: Wikidata records people named Conley in the United States.
How do you pronounce Conley?: Conley is /ˈkɒnli/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Conley getting more or less common?: More common. 54,194 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 55,917 in 2010, up 3.2%.
What are other spellings of Conley?: Conlee and Conly.
Is Conley also a first name?: Yes. Conley is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.