Longley
surname · English · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Longley is a surname, most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom. In Liberia it is the 5th most common surname. It appears chiefly in English and Welsh, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Different form of Langley.
- NZNew Zealand1 in 7.3K◐
- AUAustralia1 in 7.5K
- GBUnited Kingdom1 in 7.5K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈28K ●
- 2 ●
- Sources
- 392 ●
- 1 in 2.8K ◐
across 9 countries
recorded for this name
314K records
Official registry-verified
St. Kitts & Nevis
Spellings & scripts●
Locally spelled Langley in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 16 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin●
Different form of Langley.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | #685 | 30,857 | 27K rec. | — | listed | Langley | 177 |
| US United States | — | 27,252 | 250K rec. | 1 in 12K | 27K | Langley | 392 |
| AU Australia | #724 | 11,215 | 11K rec. | — | 1 | Langley | 138 |
| CA Canada | — | 6,357 | 6.3K rec. | — | — | Langley | 116 |
| IT Italy | — | 1,816 | 1.9K rec. | — | — | Langley | 14 |
| ZA South Africa | — | 1,196 | 1.2K rec. | — | — | Langley | 42 |
| NZ New Zealand | #535 | 1,027 | 937 rec. | — | — | Langley | 65 |
| SG Singapore | #798 | 802 | 858 rec. | — | — | Langley | 15 |
| MY Malaysia | — | 799 | 834 rec. | — | — | Langley | 8 |
| DE Germany | — | 765 | 765 rec. | — | — | Langley | 40 |
| LR Liberia | #5 | 630 | 2K rec. | — | — | Langley | 2 |
| EG Egypt | — | 347 | 355 rec. | — | — | Langley | 3 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English36K82%
- Welsh2.5K6%
- Spanish1.2K3%
- 9032%
- German4141%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 35,979 | 82% |
| Welsh | 2,539 | 6% |
| Spanish | 1,244 | 3% |
| 903 | 2% | |
| German | 414 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Notable people with this name●
- Charles Thomas Longleyb. 1794GBArchbishop of Canterbury; Archbishop of York; Bishop of Durham; Bishop of Ripon (1794-1868)
- James B. Longleyb. 1924USAmerican politician (1924–1980)
- Michael Longleyb. 1939GBNorthern Irish poet (1939–2025)
- James B. Longley, Jr.b. 1951USAmerican politician, lawyer and United States Marine
- Clint Longleyb. 1952USAmerican gridiron football player (born 1952)
- Bernard Longleyb. 1955GBBritish catholic archbishop
- Victoria Longleyb. 1960AUactress (1960-2010)
- Luc Longleyb. 1969AUAustralian basketball player and coach
- Ty Longleyb. 1971USmusician from the United States
- James Longleyb. 1972USAmerican filmmaker (born 1972)
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).
Evidence●
Attested in 16 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 3.2K | #10,059 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 3.1K | #9,474 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 3K | #10,105 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 27 | #69,481 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 27 | #67,696 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 5 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 5 | #200,906 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 5 | #56,253 |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 2 | #15,925 |
| IS Iceland | Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry) | 2019 | 1 | #41,520 |
| VC St. Vincent & Grenadines | Electoral Office of St Vincent & the Grenadines — Final Voters List (Nov 2025) | 2025 | 1 | #146 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 1 | #71,450 |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 13 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Longley?
- We estimate roughly 28 thousand people bear Longley (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.
- In which country does Longley have the most bearers?
- Longley is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom, where it is most often spelled langley.
- How common is Longley compared with other names?
- In the United Kingdom, Longley is the 685th most common surname of 1,169,970 surnames recorded there.
- What does the name Longley mean?
- Recorded meaning: Different form of Langley.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Longley” — the 685th most common surname in United Kingdom. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.