# Mackley (surname)

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

A 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) | 1,767 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,313 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 174,729 people |
| Change since 2000 | +39% (1,272 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place near Sudbury, in Derbyshire, probably from the Old English personal name *Macca + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mackley 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) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mackley in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Mackley

- Arthur Mackley, British actor (1865-1926)

## Similar surnames

McAuley, Mickle, Macaulay, Makela, MacAuley, Mackall, Meckley, Mickley, Muckle, McCauley, Maciel, McCawley.

## 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.