Onley is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Onley
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Onley

How popular is Onley?

Onley is ranked 202325 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Onleies plummeted by 0.2436054 per cent to 819 since 2000 and slipped by 1380 spots and ranked at 28998. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 53.24 57.86
Black 40.05 37.27
Others 3.79 3.53
Hispanic or Latino 2.08 0.61
Onley is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Australia. Around 1694 people have been found who wears Onley as their family name. Onley is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
24,766 Scotland2
723,167 Indonesia2
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
1,704,541 India1
30,360 Thailand1
174,544 Czech Republic1
897,276 Russia1
36,678 Singapore1
66,560 Philippines1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
20,172 Hungary1
18,969 Wales1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
50,757 Canada60
Countries with hundreds of Onley:
31,059 United States948
6,673 Australia433
22,458 England226

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 25 years old immigrant William Onley who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on August 1, 1850 by Garland Grove put out from London. Immigrant Mary-Ann Onley, Matilda Onley, aged 2, Born at sea William Onley, are others that migrated to US.

Onley Namesakes

  • David Onley, Journalist
  • David Onley, Journalist

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