How common is the surname Curley?

12,211 people in the United States had the surname Curley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,284 Americans. It ranked 2,936th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Curley?

In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Curley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Curley?

James Michael Curley, American politician (1874–1958), followed by Marianne Curley.

Where is the surname Curley most common?

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

Is the surname Curley getting more or less common?

More common. 11,772 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,211 in 2010, up 3.7%.

The surname Curley

An Irish surname, carried by 12,211 people in the United States.

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). Curley is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced form of McCurley.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,211 people named Curley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,284 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,772.

#2,936

rank among US surnames

12,211

people in 2010

4.1

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #2,801)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,927	Alfonso	12,246	25,212
#2,928	Duggan	12,237	25,230
#2,929	Nadeau	12,236	25,233
#2,930	Churchill	12,235	25,235
#2,931	Loya	12,232	25,241
#2,932	Ragsdale	12,227	25,251
#2,933	Mace	12,222	25,261

Who is named Curley

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

71% of people named Curley identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 8.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 71%
American Indian and Alaska Native 16%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Curleys

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

James Michael Curley
American politician (1874–1958)
Marianne Curley
Australian writer, born 1959
Bill Curley
American basketball player (born 1972)
Thomas Curley
American sound mixer, born 1976

Notable Curleys come mostly from the United States (3) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Kearley
Kerley

Surnames that sound like Curley

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

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Curley come from?: Reduced form of McCurley.
How common is the surname Curley?: 12,211 people in the United States had the surname Curley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,284 Americans. It ranked 2,936th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Curley?: In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Curley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Curley?: James Michael Curley, American politician (1874–1958), followed by Marianne Curley.
Where is the surname Curley most common?: Wikidata records people named Curley in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Curley getting more or less common?: More common. 11,772 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,211 in 2010, up 3.7%.
What are other spellings of Curley?: Kearley and Kerley.