Colley is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Colley
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Colley

How popular is Colley?

Colley is common in United States.

Colley is ranked 14135 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Colley bearers increased by 2.067302 per cent in 2010 US census to 8887 since 2000, the surname slipped by 254 spots and ranked at 3996. The last name was found in around 30 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 82.22 84.77
Black 12.23 10.82
Hispanic or Latino 2.37 1.64
Others 1.87 1.56
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.86 0.82
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.45 0.39
Colley is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in The Gambia which signifies that it is originated from The Gambia. Around 37353 people have been found who wears Colley as their family name. Colley is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,005 Cayman Islands7
7,031 China6
615,517 Russia6
9,391 Guyana5
607,991 Indonesia5
27,602 Nigeria4
3,949 Botswana3
15,749 Finland3
108,034 Italy3
1,219,338 India3
2,113 Taiwan3
54,641 Sweden2
6,353 Panama2
9,185 Hong Kong2
34,681 Norway2
147,165 Czech Republic2
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
13,606 Senegal1
9,116 Nicaragua1
37,493 Austria1
1,819 Laos1
29,046 Japan1
8,859 Iraq1
1,879 Belize1
113 Falkland Islands1
49,101 Denmark1
10,683 Cyprus1
1,253 Burundi1
1,572 Macau1
8,268 Mauritius1
56,169 Mexico1
21,562 Portugal1
5,589 Sudan1
7,895 South Korea1
11,923 Slovenia1
24,176 Qatar1
2,374 Bermuda1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
17,768 Pakistan1
16,228 Bulgaria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
230 Isle of Man48
43,851 Netherlands44
199 Guernsey43
9,620 Singapore30
36,547 Switzerland27
813 Jersey22
3,334 Costa Rica19
1,286 Malta16
62,309 Zimbabwe13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
10,451 United Arab Emirates92
30,612 Spain81
2,460 Trinidad and Tobago63
26,687 Belgium59
Countries with hundreds of Colley:
7,660 South Africa840
3,725 Ghana799
719 Wales519
2,062 Scotland348
30,009 France331
1,045 Jamaica303
1,985 Ireland240
3,672 New Zealand208
50,182 Germany202
56,243 Brazil175
31,070 Turkey140
Countries with thousands of Colley:
1,353 England5,829
1,684 Australia1,896
3,711 Canada1,245
Countries with ten thousands of Colley:
26 The Gambia12,955
3,733 United States10,684
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman John Colley from Ireland aboard the St. Patrick from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 20 years old when he arrived in New-York on May 24, 1849. 23 years old John Colley, Merchant George Colley, Immigrant Jane Colley, William Colley, aged 30, Margaret Colley (20) Immigrant, Workman Juliann Colley, Immigrant C. Colley, are other Colley that migrated to US from Liverpool, Glasgow and Dublin.

Comments

R
Romelia Burell
 Colley is a surname, regional variation collar, representing a form of apheresis with Nicolas, baptism name of Greek origin, derived from nike victory and laos meaning people, that is to say, the victorious people.

Colley Namesakes

    Randy Colley, American former professional wrestler
  • Scott Colley, Bassist
  • Kenneth Colley, Actor
  • Dana Colley, Musician
  • Randy Colley, Professional wrestler
  • Randy Colley, Professional wrestler
  • George Pomeroy Colley, Officer commanding
  • Diane Colley-Urquhart, Politician
  • George Colley, Former Tánaiste
  • Kenneth Colley, Actor
  • Kenneth Colley, Actor
  • Brittany Colley, from 2017 horror, thriller flick Scary Story Slumber Party, who portrayed segment "Noise Complaint".

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