# Olley (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/olley/  
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 Norman.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norman |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 440 |
| US rank (2010) | 48,060 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 701,694 people |
| Change since 2000 | 0.0% (440 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Habitational surname of Norman origin, from any of various villages called Ouilly in Normandy; compare Duley.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Olley 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) | 84% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Olley in Australia.

## People named Olley

- Margaret Olley, Australian painter (1923-2011)

## Similar surnames

Olea, Ollie, Ohl, Oyola, Olah, Olaya, Ola.

## 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.