# Turley (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/turley/  
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 Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 10,524 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,398 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 29,337 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.2% (10,102 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈtɜ(ɹ)li/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Toirdealbhaigh (“son of Toirdealbhach”), a personal name composed of the elements Tor (“Thor”) + dealbhach (“-like, in the shape of”). Compare McCurley.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Turley 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) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Turley in the United States.

## People named Turley

- Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy, bishop in the Piura Region of Peru
- Thomas B. Turley, American politician

## Similar surnames

Thorley, Terrell, Tyrrell, Terrill, Trail, Trull, Thurlow, Tyrell, Thrall, Tirrell, Trillo, Triolo.

## 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.