# Staley (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/staley/  
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) | 18,080 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,998 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 17,077 people |
| Change since 2000 | 0.0% (18,081 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Staley 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) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Staley in the United States.

## People named Staley

- Layne Staley, American rock musician (1967–2002)
- Dawn Staley, American basketball player and coach (born 1970)
- Walter Staley, American equestrian (1932–2010)
- Joan Staley, American model and actress (1940–2019)
- Joe Staley, American football player (born 1984)

## Similar surnames

Stahl, Stelly, Stall, Steely, Stolle, Stilley, Steele, Sotelo, Still, Stoll, Stull, Seidel.

## 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.