# Curley (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/curley/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 12,211 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,936 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 25,284 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.7% (11,772 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Kearley, Kerley |

## Etymology

Reduced form of McCurley.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Curley 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) | 71% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 16% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Curley in the United States and Australia.

## People named Curley

- James Michael Curley, American politician (1874–1958)
- Marianne Curley, Australian writer
- Bill Curley, American basketball player (born 1972)
- Thomas Curley, American sound mixer

## Similar surnames

Crowley, Corley, Crawley, Curiel, Curl, Carley, Carle, Curlee, Croley, Croyle, Corle, Charley.

## 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.