How common is the surname Gormley?

4,949 people in the United States had the surname Gormley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,385 Americans. It ranked 6,814th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gormley?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gormley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Gormley?

Lisa Gormley, Australian actress.

Where is the surname Gormley most common?

Wikidata records people named Gormley in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Gormley getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,960 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,949 in 2010, down 0.2%.

The surname Gormley

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 4,949 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G654

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gormley is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gormghail (“descendant of Gormghal”), a personal name based on gorm (“blue”) + gal (“valor”).

Gormley is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

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 4,949 people named Gormley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,385 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,960.

#6,814

rank among US surnames

4,949

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

-0.2%

change since 2000 (was #6,325)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,809	Jefferies	4,953	62,335
#6,811	Toland	4,952	62,348
#6,813	Kurth	4,951	62,360
#6,814	Breckenridge	4,949	62,385

Who is named Gormley

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

95% of people named Gormley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gormleys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lisa Gormley
Australian actress, born 1984

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Ghormley

Gormley has the Soundex code G654, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G654.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Gormley come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gormghail (“descendant of Gormghal”), a personal name based on gorm (“blue”) + gal (“valor”).
How common is the surname Gormley?: 4,949 people in the United States had the surname Gormley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,385 Americans. It ranked 6,814th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gormley?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gormley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Gormley?: Lisa Gormley, Australian actress.
Where is the surname Gormley most common?: Wikidata records people named Gormley in the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Gormley?: Gormley is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Gormley getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,960 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,949 in 2010, down 0.2%.
What are other spellings of Gormley?: Ghormley.