# Cooley (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cooley/  
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) | 33,231 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,054 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 9,291 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.9% (32,287 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkuli/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cooley 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) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cooley in the United States.

## People named Cooley

- Charles Cooley, American sociologist (1864–1929)
- Josh Cooley, American animator and film director
- Denton Cooley, American heart surgeon (1920–2016)
- James Cooley, American mathematician (1926-2016)
- Logan Cooley, American ice hockey player
- Chelsea Cooley, American model and actress
- Jack Cooley, American basketball player (born 1991)
- Hallam Cooley, actor (1895-1971)
- Rusty Cooley, American musician
- Harold Dunbar Cooley, American politician (1897-1974)
- Wes Cooleyy, American politician (1932-2015)

## Similar surnames

Cole, Coyle, Coley, Colley, Cowley, Cool, Collie, Caley, Coale, Clay, Cahill, Calloway.

## 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.