Oleary

At the 2020 census, 21,735 Americans bore the surname Oleary — 1,607th out of 156,621 surnames on file. That is about one person in 13,800.

By the numbers

People: 21,735
Rank: 1,607th
How common: 1 in 13,800
Per 100,000: 7.3

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Oleary described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 90.8%
Hispanic or Latino 3.8%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.1%
Black, not Hispanic 1.2%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.8%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.4%

Notable people called Oleary

David O'Leary (born 1958)Irish footballer and manager
Peter O'Leary (born 1972)New Zealand association football referee
Michael O'Leary (born 1961)Irish businessman, CEO of Ryanair Group
Matt O'Leary (born 1987)American actor
Kevin O'Leary (born 1954)Canadian businessman and television personality
Hazel R. O'Leary (born 1937)Politician, lawyer

People named Oleary with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Oleary

Olea
Oleson

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.