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

Family Name / Last Name: Hurley
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

A parish in Berkshire.

Surname is the variation of Horley. Parishes in counties Surrey and Oxford.

One who came from Hurley, i.e., homested in a corner, the name of places in Berkshire and Warwickshire.

Hurley is variant of Herlihy. Descendant of underlord.

Surname Hurley is the variant form of the O'hurly. The sept of O‘Hierlehy or Hurley are said to have sprung from the same stock as the O'Briens of Thomond. Their territory extended on the borders of Tipperary, adjoining the Limerick district of the O'Briens, afterwards called Knock long. In the English local records, the name Hurle or Hurley is found prefixed with De; but D'Alton considers the family unquestionably Milesian.

How popular is Hurley?

Hurley is common in United States, England, Australia, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, Wales, Barbados, South Africa, Scotland, Panama, Northern Ireland.

Hurley is ranked 6864 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Hurley bearers increased by 2.12 per cent in 2010 US census to 39796 since 2000, the surname slipped by 62 spots and ranked at 870. The last name was found in around 1 per ten thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.71 91.9
Black 4.64 4.48
Hispanic or Latino 1.9 1.24
Others 1.48 1.24
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.65 0.52
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.62 0.62
Hurley is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Ireland lie ahead in terms of density. Around 82394 people have been found who wears Hurley as their family name. Hurley is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Hurley:
800 United States53,370
Countries with thousands of Hurley:
977 England8,249
631 Australia6,197
136 Ireland6,009
1,330 Canada4,134
503 New Zealand1,365
267 Wales1,277
Countries with hundreds of Hurley:
208 Barbados342
22,792 South Africa250
3,278 Scotland163
1,884 Panama118
2,152 Northern Ireland114
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
150,124 Thailand72
115,549 France63
31,639 Spain63
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
345 Jersey47
67,975 Argentina38
7,666 Singapore30
52,179 Netherlands28
15,745 Chile26
143,912 Germany26
188,781 Brazil25
26,446 Switzerland24
14,824 Dominican Republic23
767 Guernsey22
896 United States Virgin Islands19
173,877 Philippines19
22,770 Denmark18
80,079 Greece15
36,578 Mexico15
5,530 China13
552,550 India13
56,422 Sweden13
73,966 Belgium12
37,411 Norway12
20,681 Liberia11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
7,581 Jamaica10
45,945 Japan10
714 Vanuatu9
6,792 Guyana8
115,463 Italy8
436,635 Russia8
8,814 Trinidad and Tobago8
150,293 Malaysia7
991 Gibraltar6
55,922 Qatar6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 21 years old workman Thomas Hurley who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on May 11, 1846 by Atlas put out from Liverpool. 24 years old Stephen Hurley, 20 years old Margaret Hurley, Thomas Hurley, aged 24, Workman William Hurley, Jno. Hurley, Farmer Joshua Hurley, Mary Hurley (28) Immigrant, Michel. Hurley (15) Immigrant, and 282 other Hurley around 54.86% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and servant, spinster, shoemaker, weaver, butcher migrated to US.

Hurley Namesakes

  • Alec Hurley, English music hall singer
  • Sean Hurley, Irish Sinologist
  • Rosalinde Hurley, British physician, microbiologist, pathologist
  • Phil Hurley, versatile American singer-songwriter from Potsdam
  • Luke Hurley, independent New Zealand guitarist and singer-songwriter
  • Adrian Hurley, Australian former basketball coach and former player
  • Carl Hurley, former Eastern Kentucky University professor
  • Douglas G. Hurley, engineer and NASA astronaut
  • Walter A. Hurley, prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Frank Hurley, Australian photographer and adventurer
  • George Hurley, drummer noted for his work with Minutemen and Firehose
  • Charlie Hurley, Irish former footballer
  • Bobby Hurley, American basketball coach
  • Patrick J. Hurley, highly decorated American soldier with the rank of Major General
  • Annette Hurley, former Australian politician
  • Steve "Silk" Hurley, American club DJ, pioneering house-music producer
  • Denis M. Hurley, United States Representative from New York
  • Andy Hurley, American musician
  • Clyde Hurley, Clyde Lanham Hurley, Jr
  • Ryan Hurley, former West Indian cricketer
  • Chad Hurley, American media mogul
  • Tonya Hurley, American writer and director
  • Joseph L. Hurley, American Democratic politician
  • Marty Hurley, American percussionist, teacher, composer
  • Marcus Hurley, American cyclist
  • Charles F. Hurley, 54th Governor of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and one of its first Irish-American governors
  • Jim Hurley, Irish sportsperson and revolutionary
  • William A. Hurley, American horse trainer
  • Paul Hurley, professional ice hockey player
  • James R. Hurley, American Republican Party politician
  • Joseph Patrick Hurley, American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Red Hurley, Irish popular singer whose career has spanned several decades
  • Dick Hurley, American baseball player

Hurley Namesakes

  • Alec Hurley, English music hall singer
  • Sean Hurley, Irish Sinologist
  • Rosalinde Hurley, British physician, microbiologist, pathologist
  • Phil Hurley, versatile American singer-songwriter from Potsdam
  • Luke Hurley, independent New Zealand guitarist and singer-songwriter
  • Adrian Hurley, Australian former basketball coach and former player
  • Carl Hurley, former Eastern Kentucky University professor
  • Douglas G. Hurley, engineer and NASA astronaut
  • Walter A. Hurley, prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Frank Hurley, Australian photographer and adventurer
  • George Hurley, drummer noted for his work with Minutemen and Firehose
  • Charlie Hurley, Irish former footballer
  • Bobby Hurley, American basketball coach
  • Patrick J. Hurley, highly decorated American soldier with the rank of Major General
  • Annette Hurley, former Australian politician
  • Steve "Silk" Hurley, American club DJ, pioneering house-music producer
  • Denis M. Hurley, United States Representative from New York
  • Andy Hurley, American musician
  • Clyde Hurley, Clyde Lanham Hurley, Jr
  • Ryan Hurley, former West Indian cricketer
  • Chad Hurley, American media mogul
  • Tonya Hurley, American writer and director
  • Joseph L. Hurley, American Democratic politician
  • Marty Hurley, American percussionist, teacher, composer
  • Marcus Hurley, American cyclist
  • Charles F. Hurley, 54th Governor of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and one of its first Irish-American governors
  • Jim Hurley, Irish sportsperson and revolutionary
  • William A. Hurley, American horse trainer
  • Paul Hurley, professional ice hockey player
  • James R. Hurley, American Republican Party politician
  • Joseph Patrick Hurley, American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Red Hurley, Irish popular singer whose career has spanned several decades
  • Dick Hurley, American baseball player

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