# Owsley (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/owsley/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,932 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,866 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 105,302 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.5% (2,917 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Ouseley.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Owsley 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) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Owsley in the United States.

## People named Owsley

- William Owsley, associate justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals and the 16th Governor of Kentucky (1782

## Similar surnames

Ousley, Oxley, Oakley, Ogle, O'Kelley, O'Kelly.

## 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.