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    The surname Donley

    A surname, carried by 7,589 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D540

    Donley: #4,675 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Donley #4,675, 7,589 people Donley: #4,675 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Donley #4,675, 7,589 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Donley is more common than 97.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 7,589 people named Donley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,683 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,382.

    #4,675
    rank among US surnames
    7,589
    people in 2010
    2.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.8%
    change since 2000 (was #4,438)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,671Sessions7,59340,662
    #4,672Spires7,59240,667
    #4,673McCurry7,59040,678
    #4,675Donley7,58940,683

    Who is named Donley

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

    87% of people named Donley identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Donleys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Michael B. Donley
      22nd Secretary of the United States Air Force, born 1952

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Donley

    Donley has the Soundex code D540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D540.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Donley?
    7,589 people in the United States had the surname Donley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,683 Americans. It ranked 4,675th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Donley?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Donley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Donley?
    Michael B. Donley, 22nd Secretary of the United States Air Force.
    Where is the surname Donley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Donley in the United States.
    Is the surname Donley getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,382 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,589 in 2010, up 2.8%.