Coley Surname
Approximately 29,603 people bear this surname
Coley Surname Definition:
(English) 1 = Cole (q.v.) + the English diminutive suff -y.
2 Dark-complexioned [Old English *colig—col, coal, charcoal] 3 Dweller at (prob.) the Black Lea [Old English col- (coal-) black + leáh, lea] There is a Coley in Yorkshire, also a Coley Park in Berkshire.
Read More About This SurnameColey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 20,510 | 1:17,672 | 2,244 |
| England | 4,165 | 1:13,378 | 1,969 |
| Jamaica | 1,978 | 1:1,451 | 245 |
| Colombia | 761 | 1:62,778 | 2,897 |
| Canada | 630 | 1:58,485 | 6,894 |
| New Zealand | 552 | 1:8,203 | 1,400 |
| Australia | 268 | 1:100,730 | 11,375 |
| France | 199 | 1:333,783 | 50,418 |
| South Africa | 113 | 1:479,449 | 39,619 |
| Wales | 63 | 1:49,120 | 4,600 |
| Scotland | 53 | 1:101,015 | 6,880 |
| Panama | 46 | 1:85,049 | 3,429 |
| Venezuela | 35 | 1:862,974 | 13,724 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Zimbabwe | 20 | 1:771,912 | 53,776 |
| Northern Ireland | 18 | 1:102,502 | 6,334 |
| Spain | 18 | 1:2,597,335 | 59,996 |
| Germany | 15 | 1:5,367,031 | 196,901 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| Jersey | 10 | 1:9,920 | 2,003 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Bahamas | 4 | 1:97,938 | 1,027 |
| Cayman Islands | 4 | 1:15,973 | 1,430 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 10 | 1:442,987 | 15,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,760 | 1:13,850 | 2,073 |
| Wales | 24 | 1:65,351 | 3,160 |
| Scotland | 12 | 1:311,935 | 9,798 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,119 | 1:23,699 | 2,954 |
Coley (1,793) may also be a first name.
Coley Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) 1 = Cole (q.v.) + the English diminutive suff -y.
2 Dark-complexioned [Old English *colig—col, coal, charcoal] 3 Dweller at (prob.) the Black Lea [Old English col- (coal-) black + leáh, lea] There is a Coley in Yorkshire, also a Coley Park in Berkshire.
Coley Demographics
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Coley Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Coley Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Coley is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Coley? popularity and diffusion
The surname Coley is the 18,625th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 246,176 people. The surname Coley occurs mostly in The Americas, where 81 percent of Coley reside; 71 percent reside in North America and 71 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 180,566th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 1,793 people.
Coley is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 20,510 people, or 1 in 17,672. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: North Carolina, where 18 percent reside, Georgia, where 14 percent reside and Florida, where 6 percent reside. Besides The United States Coley exists in 65 countries. It is also found in England, where 14 percent reside and Jamaica, where 7 percent reside.
Coley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Coley has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Coley last name grew 968 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 237 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 263 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 442 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 90 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Coley Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Catholic (50%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Coley surname are 7.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.33% registered with the party.
The amount Coley earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 41.47% more than the national average, earning R 336,180 per year; in Colombia they earn 8.66% less than the national average, earning $20,737,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 10.68% less than the national average, earning $38,542 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.23% less than the national average, earning $47,583 CAD per year.
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Coley Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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