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    The surname Corley

    An English surname, carried by 17,931 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C640

    Corley: #2,012 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Corley #2,012, 17,931 people Corley: #2,012 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Corley #2,012, 17,931 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Corley is more common than 98.8% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 17,931 people named Corley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,219 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,609.

    #2,012
    rank among US surnames
    17,931
    people in 2010
    6.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.8%
    change since 2000 (was #1,872)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,003Kimble18,04017,114
    #2,004Barraza18,03017,124
    #2,005Hay18,02917,125
    #2,006Platt18,02217,132
    #2,007Fernandes18,01817,135
    #2,008Abreu17,99817,154
    #2,009Doty17,96517,186

    Who is named Corley

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

    74% of people named Corley identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 74%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 20%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Corleys

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Al Corley
      American actor, singer and producer, born 1956
    • Pat Corley
      American actor (1930-2006)
    • Annie Corley
      American actress, born 1960
    • Eric Corley
      American magazine publisher, born 1959

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Corley

    Corley has the Soundex code C640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C640.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Corley come from?
    From Old English *corn (“crane”), genitive plural, *corna + lēah (“woodland clearing”), 'the cranes' wood or clearing'.
    How common is the surname Corley?
    17,931 people in the United States had the surname Corley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,219 Americans. It ranked 2,012th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Corley?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Corley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Corley?
    Al Corley, American actor, singer and producer, followed by Pat Corley.
    Where is the surname Corley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Corley in the United States.
    Is the surname Corley getting more or less common?
    More common. 17,609 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,931 in 2010, up 1.8%.