# Hanley (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hanley/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 19,240 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,864 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 16,047 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.4% (19,160 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English hēan, weak dative case of hēah (“high”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Compare Henley, which shares the same etymology.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hanley 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) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hanley in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named Hanley

- Paul Hanley, Australian tennis player
- Daniel P. Hanley, American film editor
- Dick Hanley, American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, former world record-holder
- Jenny Hanley, British actress
- Kay Hanley, American alt-rock singer and songwriter
- Schoolboy Q, American rapper

## Similar surnames

Henley, Hunley, Hummel, Hamel, Hamill, Hammel, Hamil, Hymel, Hammill, Hummell, Hommel, Heinle.

## 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.