# Longley (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,204 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,059 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 96,363 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.8% (3,148 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈlɒŋli/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Longley 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) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Longley in Australia, the United Kingdom, the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United States.

## People named Longley

- Luc Longley, Australian basketball player and coach
- Bernard Longley, British catholic archbishop
- Charles Longley, Archbishop of Canterbury; Archbishop of York; Bishop of Durham; Bishop of Ripon (1794-1868
- Victoria Longley, actress (1960-2010)
- James B. Longley, American politician (1924–1980)

## Similar surnames

Langley, Lingle, Langlie, Longwell, Lengyel, Linsley, Lincoln, Langlois, Langlais, Lehmkuhl, Lengel, Lanclos.

## 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.