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

Family Name / Last Name: Kerley
No. of characters: 6
Origin: England
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Kerley

How popular is Kerley?

Kerley is common in England.

Kerley is ranked 54748 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Kerleies grew by 15.12931 per cent to 5342 since 2000 and ranked 6375 after elevating 335 spots. The last name was found in around 18 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.09 90.22
Black 5.04 4.59
Hispanic or Latino 2 1.47
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.87 1.98
Others 1.4 1.16
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.6 0.58
Kerley is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Jersey is ahead in terms of density. Around 8574 people have been found who wears Kerley as their family name. Kerley is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
615,517 Russia6
1,219,338 India3
118,441 Germany2
40,256 Mexico2
10,267 Sri Lanka2
53,033 Nigeria1
30,360 Thailand1
810,193 Indonesia1
7,790 Zambia1
15,705 Cameroon1
49,101 Denmark1
153,416 Italy1
29,046 Japan1
9,591 Panama1
5,589 Sudan1
53,505 Turkey1
492,292 Ukraine1
29,774 Venezuela1
18,969 Wales1
165,773 Belarus1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
23,537 Switzerland45
12,692 Scotland33
813 Jersey22
78,041 Spain19
15,050 Singapore18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,129 Northern Ireland60
11,434 New Zealand57
Countries with hundreds of Kerley:
14,931 Brazil890
6,998 Australia412
1,544 Ireland344
23,421 Canada149
39,125 South Africa128
Countries with thousands of Kerley:
7,175 United States5,313
6,615 England1,054
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Catherine Kerley worked as maid and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 24 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Fidelia and arrived on September 30, 1848. Catherine Kerley, aged 28, 18 years old Michael Kerley, Ellen Kerley, 25 years old Bernard Kerley, Currier Stephen Kerley, Con. Kerley, aged 30, Ann Kerley (20) Maid, James Kerley, aged 40, and 2 other Kerley around 37.5% of whom were servant while others worked as workman migrated to US from Drogheda, Dublin and Liverpool.

Kerley Namesakes

  • James Kerley, TV presenter
  • James Kerley, TV presenter
  • Jeremy Kerley, Football wide receiver
  • David Kerley, Correspondent
  • Jeremy Kerley, Football wide receiver

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