How common is the surname Crowley?

31,098 people in the United States had the surname Crowley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,928 Americans. It ranked 1,128th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Crowley?

Pat Crowley, American actress (1933–2025), followed by John Crowley.

Where is the surname Crowley most common?

Wikidata records people named Crowley in the United States.

How do you pronounce Crowley?

Crowley is /ˈkɹoʊli/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Crowley getting more or less common?

More common. 30,416 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 31,098 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Crowley

A surname, carried by 31,098 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkɹoʊli/ 2 syllables Soundex C640

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Crowley is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 31,098 people named Crowley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,928 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 30,416.

#1,128

rank among US surnames

31,098

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #1,051)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,119	Winter	31,310	9,861
#1,120	Abraham	31,303	9,863
#1,121	Baez	31,298	9,865
#1,122	Rodrigues	31,280	9,870
#1,123	Wooten	31,249	9,880
#1,124	Hartley	31,221	9,889
#1,125	Ng	31,210	9,893

Who is named Crowley

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

90% of people named Crowley identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Crowleys

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Pat Crowley
American actress (1933–2025)
John Crowley
American writer of speculative fiction (1942–2026)
Kathleen Crowley
American actress and beauty pageant contestant (1929-2017)
Mart Crowley
American playwright, 1935–2020
Dennis Crowley
American internet entrepreneur, born 1976

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Crowley

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

Questions

How common is the surname Crowley?: 31,098 people in the United States had the surname Crowley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,928 Americans. It ranked 1,128th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Crowley?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Crowley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Crowley?: Pat Crowley, American actress (1933–2025), followed by John Crowley.
Where is the surname Crowley most common?: Wikidata records people named Crowley in the United States.
How do you pronounce Crowley?: Crowley is /ˈkɹoʊli/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Crowley getting more or less common?: More common. 30,416 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 31,098 in 2010, up 2.2%.