How common is the surname Jolley?

9,392 people in the United States had the surname Jolley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,873 Americans. It ranked 3,770th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Jolley?

Elizabeth Jolley, Australian writer (1923-2007), followed by I. Stanford Jolley.

Where is the surname Jolley most common?

Wikidata records people named Jolley in Australia and the United States.

Is the surname Jolley getting more or less common?

More common. 9,126 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,392 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Jolley

A surname, carried by 9,392 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex J400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jolley is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,392 people named Jolley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,873 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,126.

#3,770

rank among US surnames

9,392

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #3,574)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,761	Dallas	9,418	32,782
#3,762	Batchelor	9,417	32,786
#3,763	Cedeno	9,412	32,803
#3,765	Lavoie	9,408	32,817
#3,766	Deloach	9,407	32,821
#3,768	Neill	9,404	32,831
#3,769	Irvine	9,397	32,856

Who is named Jolley

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

88% of people named Jolley identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Jolleys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Elizabeth Jolley
Australian writer (1923-2007)
I. Stanford Jolley
American actor (1900-1978)

Notable Jolleys come mostly from Australia (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Jolley

Jolley has the Soundex code J400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J400.

Questions

How common is the surname Jolley?: 9,392 people in the United States had the surname Jolley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,873 Americans. It ranked 3,770th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Jolley?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Jolley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Jolley?: Elizabeth Jolley, Australian writer (1923-2007), followed by I. Stanford Jolley.
Where is the surname Jolley most common?: Wikidata records people named Jolley in Australia and the United States.
Is the surname Jolley getting more or less common?: More common. 9,126 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,392 in 2010, up 2.9%.