The Talley surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 30,014 people carried this name — #1,170 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 9,830 people counted. That is up 3% from 29,082 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 21 people named Talley live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Mendoza.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Mendoza 21

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

47 families named Talley, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 223 people lived in those households, 4.7 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 2 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Virginia 39
North Carolina 6
Pennsylvania 1
South Carolina 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 264 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Talley in American newspapers,
1914–1921.

Newspaper page from Albuquerque Morning Journal carrying the name Talley
Albuquerque Morning Journal 1914-07-11
Newspaper page from The Saratoga Sun carrying the name Talley
The Saratoga Sun 1918-04-25
Newspaper page from The Daily Times carrying the name Talley
The Daily Times 1921-10-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Talley in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1980s.

493 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Talley. The most, 96, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 2.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 177
New South Wales 147
Victoria 56
Western Australia 44
South Australia 37
Tasmania 20
ACT (Canberra) 2
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Talley.

Who carried it

People named Talley,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Thomas W. Talley
    Thomas W. Talley 1870–1952 · chemist
  • Marion Talley
    Marion Talley 1906–1983 · actor
  • Jovon Talley-Ford d. 2007
  • Elizabeth Nisbet Furman Talley 1874–
  • Truman H. Talley 1891–1942 · Foreign correspondent
  • Charles Talley 1894–1979 · architect

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Talley,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,654 records

1,654 records of the Talley name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 1,070
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 408
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 97
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 24
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 16
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 16
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 9
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 8
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 6
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Sidney D. Talley

    Born 1929; from Los Angeles County, California. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in South Korea. Buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record James E. Talley

    Born 1913 in Georgia. Enlisted 1941 at Fort McPherson Atlanta; textile mill worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1986, buried at Chattanooga National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Bridget Talley

    Arrived at New York in 1852 aboard the Middlesex from Liverpool, aged 52; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 1,654 records for Talley in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia10 records

10 records of the Talley name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 8
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Sarah Talley

    Arrived in Victoria in 1906 aboard the Scharnhorst, aged 2.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record William Talley

    Married 1831 in Hobart, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Sarah Talley

    Arrived in Victoria in 1906 aboard the Scharnhorst, aged 22.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 10 records for Talley in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

France1 record

1 record of the Talley name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Carlyle Blackwell Talley

    Born 1918 in the United States; died 1992 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Talley.

When the index is not enough

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