How common is the surname Lindley?

10,260 people in the United States had the surname Lindley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,092 Americans. It ranked 3,482nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Lindley?

Nicolás Lindley López, 48th President of Peru (1908-1995), followed by Alfred Lindley.

Where is the surname Lindley most common?

Wikidata records people named Lindley in the United States, Peru and the United Kingdom and 1 other country.

Is the surname Lindley getting more or less common?

More common. 10,053 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,260 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname Lindley

An English place surname, carried by 10,260 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L534

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lindley is more common than 97.9% of them.

Origin

English origin

Two possible origins: * The places in North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire are named with Old English līn (“flax”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”), with epenthetic -d-. Equivalent to line + -ley (“lea”). * The deserted medieval village in Leicestershire is named with Old English lind (“lime tree”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to lind + -ley (“lea”).

Lindley is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,260 people named Lindley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,092 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,053.

#3,482

rank among US surnames

10,260

people in 2010

3.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #3,265)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,473	Tisdale	10,293	29,996
#3,474	Meador	10,292	29,999
#3,475	Sikes	10,280	30,034
#3,476	Hanlon	10,278	30,039
#3,477	Easton	10,276	30,045
#3,479	Rojo	10,275	30,048
#3,480	Motley	10,274	30,051

Who is named Lindley

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

89% of people named Lindley identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lindleys

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nicolás Lindley López
48th President of Peru (1908-1995)
Alfred Lindley
American rower (1904–1951)
David Lindley
American musician (1944–2023)
Audra Lindley
American actress (1918-1997)
Eve Lindley
American actress, born 1993
William Heerlein Lindley
British civil engineer (1853–1917)
Lindsay Lindley
American-born Nigerian sprinter, born 1989
John Lindley
American cinematographer, born 1951

Notable Lindleys come mostly from the United States (5), Peru (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lindley

Lindley has the Soundex code L534, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L534.

Other English surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname Lindley come from?: Two possible origins: * The places in North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire are named with Old English līn (“flax”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”), with epenthetic -d-. Equivalent to line + -ley (“lea”). * The deserted medieval village in Leicestershire is named with Old English lind (“lime…
How common is the surname Lindley?: 10,260 people in the United States had the surname Lindley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,092 Americans. It ranked 3,482nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lindley?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Lindley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Lindley?: Nicolás Lindley López, 48th President of Peru (1908-1995), followed by Alfred Lindley.
Where is the surname Lindley most common?: Wikidata records people named Lindley in the United States, Peru and the United Kingdom and 1 other country.
What type of surname is Lindley?: Lindley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Lindley getting more or less common?: More common. 10,053 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,260 in 2010, up 2.1%.