Carley is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Carley
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland, Scotland
Meaning:

Scotland, carlie, a little man a diminutive of cari. Perhaps however local.

The variant form of Carle. Anglo-Saxon, ceorl, a man, a rustic, a stout man. Carl is used in all these senses in Scotland. Also see under Caryll.

The form of Carl. Foreign modifications of Carolus, Charles.

The is a variation of Carlow. One who came from Carlowrie meaning "speaking rock," in Scotland.

Is form of the Carlow. One who came from Carlowrie meaning "speaking rock," in Scotland.

The family name is variant form of the Carl. The husbandsman or countryman; descendant of Carl that means "man".

Carley is the variation of the Carl. The husbandsman or countryman; descendant of Carl that means "man".

The variant of the Karle. The husbandman or rustic; descendant of Karl meaning "man"; one who came from Karl, in Germany.

The variation of Karle. The husbandman or rustic; descendant of Karl meaning "man"; one who came from Karl, in Germany.

A variation of Carl. Foreign modifications of Carolus, Charles.

Carley is a variant form of Carle. Anglo-Saxon, ceorl, a man, a rustic, a stout man. Carl is used in all these senses in Scotland. Also see under Caryll.

How popular is Carley?

Carley is common in United States, England, Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand.

Carley is ranked 53281 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Carleys plummeted by 1.23 per cent to 4880 since 2000 and slipped by 541 spots and ranked at 6886. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 87.97 89.29
Black 4.71 4.98
Hispanic or Latino 3.89 2.95
Others 1.45 0.83
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.19 1.34
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.78 0.61
Carley is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Ireland lie ahead in terms of density. Around 9588 people have been found who wears Carley as their family name. Carley is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Carley:
6,472 United States6,691
5,842 England1,200
Countries with hundreds of Carley:
7,019 Canada619
1,288 Ireland493
13,629 Australia217
4,667 New Zealand170
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
74,988 Argentina33
4,585 Panama29
9,528 Wales24
5,605 Northern Ireland22
106,094 South Africa20
259,941 France13
19,179 Scotland11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
2,503 United States Virgin Islands6

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Immigrant John Carley from Ireland aboard the Ottowa from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 23 years old when he arrived in USA on May 12, 1846. 22 years old James Carley, 17 years old Jno. Carley, Jane Carley, aged 22, Pat Carley (24) Workman, 35 years old Michael Carley, Grocer Carley, aged 16, Catharine Carley, aged 18, Mich. Carley, aged 35, and 62 other Carley around 57.5% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and farmer migrated to US.

From Germany

49 years old cattle man J. Carley who was residing in Germany migrated to USA on June 17, 1889 by Ethiopia put out from Glasgow & Moville. Auguste Carley, Erna Carley, aged 4, Maria Carley (27), are others that migrated to US.

Carley Namesakes

  • Patrick J. Carley, U.S. Representative from New York

Carley Namesakes

  • Patrick J. Carley, U.S. Representative from New York

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