Turley
surname · Latin script
Meaning: From Irish Gaelic Mac Toirdealbhaigh, ‘son of Toirdealbhach’, meaning literally ‘like Thor’ or ‘like thunder’
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈtɝɫi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Turley is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 21K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 21K
- USUnited States1 in 32K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 382 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 14K (inferred from the name graph)
≈37,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Ireland, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From Irish Gaelic Mac Toirdealbhaigh, ‘son of Toirdealbhach’, meaning literally ‘like Thor’ or ‘like thunder’.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Turley counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈37,000 est. | ≈1 in 38K | — | Turley | 5 |
| US United States | — | 10,524 | 1 in 32K | 11K | Turley | 382 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈3,100 est. | ≈1 in 21K | 3.9K | Turley | 184 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈2,300 est. | ≈1 in 117K | — | Turley | 13 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 21K | — | Turley | 107 |
| IE Ireland | #947 | ≈380 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Turley | 66 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | ≈290 est. | ≈1 in 17K | — | Turley | 52 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Thomas B. Turleyb. 1845USAmerican politician
- Michael Turleyb. 1936GBEnglish footballer (1936-1982)
- Daniel Thomas Turley Murphyb. 1943USbishop in the Piura Region of Peru
- Myra Turleyb. 1947USAmerican actress
- Jonathan Turleyb. 1961USAmerican attorney
- Billy Turleyb. 1973GBEnglish footballer (born 1973)
- Kyle Turleyb. 1975USAmerican football player (born 1975)
- Anna Turleyb. 1978GBBritish politician (born 1978)
- James Turleyb. 1981GBEnglish footballer (born 1981)
- Nik Turleyb. 1989USAmerican professional baseball player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 23 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 11K | #3,398 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 10K | #3,411 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 10K | #3,246 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 3.9K | #2,060 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Turley mean, and where does it come from?
- From Irish Gaelic Mac Toirdealbhaigh, ‘son of Toirdealbhach’, meaning literally ‘like Thor’ or ‘like thunder’. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Turley?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈtɝɫi/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Turley have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 37 thousand people named Turley in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled turley.
- How common is the name Turley?
- In the United States, the national register counted 10,524 people named Turley in 2010, about 1 in 32 thousand residents.
- How common is Turley compared with other names?
- In Ireland, Turley is the 947th most common surname of 73,729 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Turley” — the 947th most common surname in Ireland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.