# Dawley (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dawley/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,439 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,670 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 126,587 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.9% (2,261 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdɔːli/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dawley 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) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dawley in the United States.

## People named Dawley

- J. Searle Dawley, American director and screenwriter (1877-1949)

## Similar surnames

Dailey, Daly, Dale, Daley, Daily, Duley, Dahle, Dalley, Dally, Doyle, Dooley, Dahl.

## 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.