Explore the Family Name Chorley

The meaning of Chorley

English: habitational name from any of several places, notably those in Cheshire, Lancashire, and Staffordshire, named Chorley, from Old English ceorla, genitive plural of ceorl ‘peasant’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

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How common is the last name Chorley in the United States?

According to the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Chorley has seen a decrease in popularity over the past decade. In 2000, the surname was ranked 67,317th in popularity and this ranking dropped by approximately 20.22% in 2010, placing it at 80,926th. The total count of individuals with this surname also decreased from 274 in 2000 to 234 in 2010, which is a 14.6% decrease. Consequently, the proportion of people named Chorley per 100,000 population also reduced by 20%, going from 0.1 in 2000 to 0.08 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#67,317	#80,926	-20.22%
Count	274	234	-14.6%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.08	-20%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Chorley

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Chorley, as per the Decennial U.S. Census, has also seen some shifts. In 2000, almost all individuals (97.45%) with the surname Chorley identified as White. By 2010, while the majority were still White, the percentage had dropped to 93.16%, indicating a change of -4.40%. Over the same period, there also appeared a new ethnicity associated with the surname: Hispanic, accounting for 3.42% of the individuals named Chorley in 2010. All other reported ethnicities including Asian/Pacific Islander, two or more races, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native were either zero or suppressed for privacy in both 2000 and 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.45%	93.16%	-4.4%
Hispanic	0%	3.42%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%