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    The surname Olley

    A Norman place surname, carried by 440 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex O400

    Olley: #48,060 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Olley #48,060, 440 people Olley: #48,060 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Olley #48,060, 440 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Olley is more common than 70.4% of them.

    Origin

    Norman origin

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

    Olley is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 440 people named Olley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 701,694 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 440.

    #48,060
    rank among US surnames
    440
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    0%
    change since 2000 (was #45,735)

    Who is named Olley

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

    84% of people named Olley identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Olleys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Margaret Olley
      Australian painter (1923-2011)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Olley

    Olley has the Soundex code O400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O400.

    Other Norman surnames

    All 128 Norman surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Olley come from?
    Habitational surname of Norman origin, from any of various villages called Ouilly in Normandy; compare Duley.
    How common is the surname Olley?
    440 people in the United States had the surname Olley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 701,694 Americans. It ranked 48,060th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Olley?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Olley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Olley?
    Margaret Olley, Australian painter (1923-2011).
    Where is the surname Olley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Olley in Australia.
    What type of surname is Olley?
    Olley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Olley getting more or less common?
    About as common. 440 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 440 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.