# Corley (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/corley/  
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 | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 17,931 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,012 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 17,219 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.8% (17,609 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English *corn (“crane”), genitive plural, *corna + lēah (“woodland clearing”), 'the cranes' wood or clearing'.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Corley 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) | 74% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Corley in the United States.

## People named Corley

- Al Corley, American actor, singer and producer
- Pat Corley, American actor (1930-2006)
- Annie Corley, American actress
- Eric Corley, American magazine publisher

## Similar surnames

Crowley, Corral, Crawley, Curley, Correll, Carley, Carle, Croley, Croyle, Corl, Corella, Corlew.

## 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.