# Donley (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/donley/  
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) | 7,589 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,675 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 40,683 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.8% (7,382 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Donley 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) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Donley in the United States.

## People named Donley

- Michael B. Donley, 22nd Secretary of the United States Air Force

## Similar surnames

Donnelly, Donnell, Danley, Denley, Daniel, Demello, Daniell, DeMille, Daniele, Dumlao, Duhamel, Damelio.

## 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.