# Henley (surname)

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

An unincorporated community in Cole County, Missouri, derived from the surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 20,934 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,717 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 14,749 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.2% (20,276 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 Hanley, which shares the same etymology.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Henley 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) | 70% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 24% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Henley in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Henley

- Don Henley, American rock musician
- Barry Shabaka Henley, American actor (born 1954)
- Hobart Henley, American actor and film director (1887-1964)
- Beth Henley, American writer and actor b. 1952
- Elmer Wayne Henley, American serial killer, Dean Corll's accomplice
- Ron Henley, American chess player
- Stormi Henley, Beauty pageant contestant, model, and singer
- D. H. Peligro, American punk rock musician (1959–2022)
- Rosalind Pitt-Rivers, British biochemist (1907–1990)

## Similar surnames

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

## 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.