How common is the surname Cooley?

33,231 people in the United States had the surname Cooley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,291 Americans. It ranked 1,054th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cooley?

Charles Cooley, American sociologist (1864–1929), followed by Josh Cooley.

Where is the surname Cooley most common?

Wikidata records people named Cooley in the United States.

How do you pronounce Cooley?

Cooley is /ˈkuli/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Cooley getting more or less common?

More common. 32,287 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 33,231 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Cooley

A surname, carried by 33,231 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkuli/ 2 syllables Soundex C400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cooley is more common than 99.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 33,231 people named Cooley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,291 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 32,287.

#1,054

rank among US surnames

33,231

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #983)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,045	Dotson	33,347	9,259
#1,046	McGowan	33,340	9,261
#1,047	Barlow	33,335	9,262
#1,048	Shea	33,329	9,264
#1,049	Ewing	33,314	9,268
#1,050	Bright	33,281	9,277
#1,051	Becerra	33,274	9,279

Who is named Cooley

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

78% of people named Cooley identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Black (not Hispanic) 17%
Two or more races 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cooleys

11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles Cooley
American sociologist (1864–1929)
Josh Cooley
American animator and film director, born 1979
Denton Cooley
American heart surgeon (1920–2016)
James Cooley
American mathematician (1926-2016)
Logan Cooley
American ice hockey player, born 2004
Chelsea Cooley
American model and actress, born 1983
Jack Cooley
American basketball player (born 1991)
Hallam Cooley
Actor (1895-1971)
Rusty Cooley
American musician, born 1970
Harold Dunbar Cooley
American politician (1897-1974)
Wes Cooleyy
American politician (1932-2015)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cooley

Cooley 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 Cooley?: 33,231 people in the United States had the surname Cooley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,291 Americans. It ranked 1,054th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cooley?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Cooley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Cooley?: Charles Cooley, American sociologist (1864–1929), followed by Josh Cooley.
Where is the surname Cooley most common?: Wikidata records people named Cooley in the United States.
How do you pronounce Cooley?: Cooley is /ˈkuli/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Cooley getting more or less common?: More common. 32,287 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 33,231 in 2010, up 2.9%.