How common is the surname Dawley?

2,439 people in the United States had the surname Dawley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 126,587 Americans. It ranked 12,670th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dawley?

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

Where is the surname Dawley most common?

Wikidata records people named Dawley in the United States.

How do you pronounce Dawley?

Dawley is /ˈdɔːli/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Dawley getting more or less common?

More common. 2,261 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,439 in 2010, up 7.9%.

The surname Dawley

A surname, carried by 2,439 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈdɔːli/ 2 syllables Soundex D400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dawley is more common than 92.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,439 people named Dawley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 126,587 Americans. That is up 7.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,261.

#12,670

rank among US surnames

2,439

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+7.9%

change since 2000 (was #12,566)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,661	Basquez	2,442	126,431
#12,662	Horrell	2,441	126,483
#12,667	Klee	2,440	126,535
#12,670	Gilland	2,439	126,587
#12,676	Villasana	2,438	126,639

Who is named Dawley

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

91% of people named Dawley identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.8%
Two or more races 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dawleys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dawley

Dawley has the Soundex code D400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D400.

Questions

How common is the surname Dawley?: 2,439 people in the United States had the surname Dawley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 126,587 Americans. It ranked 12,670th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dawley?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Dawley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dawley?: J. Searle Dawley, American director and screenwriter (1877-1949).
Where is the surname Dawley most common?: Wikidata records people named Dawley in the United States.
How do you pronounce Dawley?: Dawley is /ˈdɔːli/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Dawley getting more or less common?: More common. 2,261 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,439 in 2010, up 7.9%.