How common is the surname Maley?

4,651 people in the United States had the surname Maley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,383 Americans. It ranked 7,187th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Maley?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Maley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Maley?

Peggy Maley, American actress (1926–2007).

Where is the surname Maley most common?

Wikidata records people named Maley in the United States.

Is the surname Maley getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,869 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,651 in 2010, down 4.5%.

The surname Maley

An Irish surname, carried by 4,651 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Maley is more common than 95.6% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

* As an Irish surname, variant of Malley, see O'Malley. * As a Carpathian Rusyn surname, variant of Mljec, from млєц (mljec, “to mill”), from Proto-Slavic *melti. * As a Czech and Slovak (Malý), Polish (Mały, Maly), and Slovene surname (Mali), from *malъ (“little, small”). Compare Maly.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,651 people named Maley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,383 Americans. That is down 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,869.

#7,187

rank among US surnames

4,651

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

-4.5%

change since 2000 (was #6,433)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,182	Boutwell	4,654	66,340
#7,183	Lower	4,653	66,354
#7,184	Hulett	4,652	66,368
#7,187	Maley	4,651	66,383

Who is named Maley

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

93% of people named Maley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Maleys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Peggy Maley
American actress (1926–2007)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Maley

Maley has the Soundex code M400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M400.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Maley come from?: * As an Irish surname, variant of Malley, see O'Malley. * As a Carpathian Rusyn surname, variant of Mljec, from млєц (mljec, “to mill”), from Proto-Slavic *melti. * As a Czech and Slovak (Malý), Polish (Mały, Maly), and Slovene surname (Mali), from *malъ (“little, small”). Compare Maly.
How common is the surname Maley?: 4,651 people in the United States had the surname Maley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,383 Americans. It ranked 7,187th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Maley?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Maley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Maley?: Peggy Maley, American actress (1926–2007).
Where is the surname Maley most common?: Wikidata records people named Maley in the United States.
Is the surname Maley getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,869 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,651 in 2010, down 4.5%.