How common is the surname Mackley?

1,767 people in the United States had the surname Mackley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,729 Americans. It ranked 16,313th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Mackley?

Arthur Mackley, British actor (1865-1926).

Where is the surname Mackley most common?

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

Is the surname Mackley getting more or less common?

More common. 1,272 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,767 in 2010, up 39%.

The surname Mackley

An English place surname, carried by 1,767 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mackley is more common than 89.9% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Mackley 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 1,767 people named Mackley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 174,729 Americans. That is up 39% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,272.

#16,313

rank among US surnames

1,767

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+38.9%

change since 2000 (was #19,618)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,305	Renderos	1,768	174,630
#16,313	Pauling	1,767	174,729
#16,315	Dolph	1,766	174,828

Who is named Mackley

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

91% of people named Mackley identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.5%
Two or more races 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mackleys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Arthur Mackley
British actor (1865-1926)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mackley

Mackley has the Soundex code M240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M240.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mackley come from?: Habitational surname from a minor place near Sudbury, in Derbyshire, probably from the Old English personal name *Macca + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).
How common is the surname Mackley?: 1,767 people in the United States had the surname Mackley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,729 Americans. It ranked 16,313th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mackley?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Mackley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Mackley?: Arthur Mackley, British actor (1865-1926).
Where is the surname Mackley most common?: Wikidata records people named Mackley in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
What type of surname is Mackley?: Mackley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Mackley getting more or less common?: More common. 1,272 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,767 in 2010, up 39%.