Axley Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 2
Dorset 0
Durham 9
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 2
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 3
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 1
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 3
Somerset 2
Surrey 0
Sussex 3
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 4

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Axley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Axley family

Profession Census Frequency
Dress Maker 3
Scholar 3
Agricultural Labourer 2
Apprentice 2
Lace Maker 1
Battle Maker 1
House Maid 1
Errand Boy 1
Servant 1
Barmaid 1
Painter 1
Blacksmith 1
Blacksmith's Wife 1
Nurse 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Axley

Name Census Frequency
John Axley 20
William Axley 19
Mary Axley 17
Sarah Axley 17
Thomas Axley 13
George Axley 12
Joseph Axley 12
Elizabeth Axley 10
Jane Axley 9
Henry Axley 8
James Axley 8
Ellen Axley 6
Hannah Axley 6
Margaret Axley 6
Ann Axley 5
Annie Axley 5
Alfred Axley 4
Alice Axley 3
Eliza Axley 3
Ethel Axley 3
Frances Axley 3
Robert Axley 3
Arthur Axley 2
Benjamin Axley 2
Charles Axley 2

Axley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Oxley 80% 28,175
2 Exley 80% 10,221
3 Axley 100% 263
4 Oxly 60% 100

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The surname Axley is the 3rd most popular variant of Oxley.

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