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

Family Name / Last Name: Curley
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland
Meaning:

Dweller near Curley, i.e., bend or turn in the road, in Scotland; one who came from Curley, in France; one who had curly hair.

Family name is the form of Corley. One who came from Corley meaning "cranes' forest" or Coreley, i.e., slope frequented by cranes, in Shropshire and Warwickshire respectively.

The surname is a variation of the Corley. A parish in county of Warwick.

How popular is Curley?

Curley is common in United States, England, Ireland, Canada, Australia, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, New Zealand.

Curley is ranked 22075 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Curley bearers increased by 3.73 per cent in 2010 US census to 12211 since 2000, the surname slipped by 135 spots and ranked at 2936. The last name was found in around 4 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 70.66 72.71
American Indian and Alaska Native 16.49 15.99
Black 8.29 8.19
Hispanic or Latino 2.34 1.56
Others 1.63 1.12
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.59 0.43
Curley is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Ireland lie ahead in terms of density. Around 24642 people have been found who wears Curley as their family name. Curley is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Curley:
2,972 United States15,346
Countries with thousands of Curley:
2,599 England3,073
365 Ireland2,528
3,987 Canada1,207
3,388 Australia1,088
Countries with hundreds of Curley:
1,611 Scotland447
1,005 Northern Ireland345
2,938 Wales108
7,284 New Zealand103
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,555 Guatemala96
20,469 Mexico52
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,313 Liberia36
32,346 Israel21
57,118 Spain20
320,775 Thailand19
109,033 South Africa19
6,584 Panama15
75,423 Netherlands12
235,042 Germany11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
213,993 Philippines10
336,266 France7
55,922 Qatar6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Patrick Curley from Ireland aboard the Arabella from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 20 years old when he arrived in New-York on May 14, 1846. Biddy Curley, Owen Curley, aged 28, 12 years old Ellen Curley, Pat. Curley (20) Workman, Workman Thomas Curley, Michael Curley, aged 25, Hannah Curley, aged 30, Cathr. Curley, aged 12, Maid Biddy Curley, 20 years old Michael Curley, 20 years old Johana Curley, and 179 other Curley around 56.45% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and servant, spinster, tailoress, joiner, dressmaker migrated to US.

From Germany

40 years old laborer Jonah Curley who was residing in Germany migrated to United States on August 3, 1869 by Nevada put out from Liverpool & Queenstown. 9 years old Arthur Curley, Arthur Curley, aged 30, are others that migrated to US.

Curley Namesakes

  • Michael Joseph Curley, Irish-born clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Carlo Curley, American classical concert organist
  • Tom Curley, former President of the Associated Press
  • Rob Curley, former President and Executive Editor of Greenspun Interactive
  • James Michael Curley, American Democratic Party politician from Boston
  • Tagak Curley, Inuit leader
  • Bill Curley, retired American professional basketball player
  • John Curley, Professor, Distinguished Professional in Residence
  • Sean Curley, American actor
  • Marianne Curley, Australian author best
  • Pauline Curley, vaudeville and silent film actress from Holyoke
  • Simon Curley, Irish cricketer
  • Edward W. Curley, Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives
  • Jack Curley, sports promoter of the early 1900s
  • Todd Curley, former Australian rules footballer,

Curley Namesakes

  • Michael Joseph Curley, Irish-born clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Carlo Curley, American classical concert organist
  • Tom Curley, former President of the Associated Press
  • Rob Curley, former President and Executive Editor of Greenspun Interactive
  • James Michael Curley, American Democratic Party politician from Boston
  • Tagak Curley, Inuit leader
  • Bill Curley, retired American professional basketball player
  • John Curley, Professor, Distinguished Professional in Residence
  • Sean Curley, American actor
  • Marianne Curley, Australian author best
  • Pauline Curley, vaudeville and silent film actress from Holyoke
  • Simon Curley, Irish cricketer
  • Edward W. Curley, Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives
  • Jack Curley, sports promoter of the early 1900s
  • Todd Curley, former Australian rules footballer,

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