How common is the surname Olney?

3,248 people in the United States had the surname Olney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,057 Americans. It ranked 9,932nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Olney?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Olney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Olney?

Richard Olney, American politician and statesman (1835-1917), followed by David Olney.

Where is the surname Olney most common?

Wikidata records people named Olney in the United States.

Is the surname Olney getting more or less common?

More common. 3,205 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,248 in 2010, up 1.3%.

The surname Olney

An English place surname, carried by 3,248 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex O450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Olney is more common than 93.9% of them.

Origin

English origin

From the dative form of the Old English personal name *Olla + īeġ (“island”).

Olney 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 3,248 people named Olney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 95,057 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,205.

#9,932

rank among US surnames

3,248

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+1.3%

change since 2000 (was #9,334)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,923	Guay	3,255	94,853
#9,924	Lagos	3,254	94,882
#9,925	Krone	3,253	94,911
#9,927	Wightman	3,252	94,940
#9,928	Srivastava	3,251	94,969
#9,929	Eiland	3,250	94,999
#9,931	Tso	3,249	95,028

Who is named Olney

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

89% of people named Olney identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 89%
American Indian and Alaska Native 4.1%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Olneys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Richard Olney
American politician and statesman (1835-1917)
David Olney
American folk singer, 1948–2020

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Olney

Olney has the Soundex code O450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O450.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Olney come from?: From the dative form of the Old English personal name *Olla + īeġ (“island”).
How common is the surname Olney?: 3,248 people in the United States had the surname Olney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,057 Americans. It ranked 9,932nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Olney?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Olney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Olney?: Richard Olney, American politician and statesman (1835-1917), followed by David Olney.
Where is the surname Olney most common?: Wikidata records people named Olney in the United States.
What type of surname is Olney?: Olney is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Olney getting more or less common?: More common. 3,205 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,248 in 2010, up 1.3%.