Barley Name Meaning: Habitational from any of the various places named 'Barley'. Lancashire & Yorkshire are named with old english bere 'barley' + leah 'woodland clearing'.
The name is of english origin and may have been occupational for a grower or seller of 'Barley'. (Barley-bread or cakes)
Discover how your Barley ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 30 |
Buckinghamshire | 9 |
Berkshire | 18 |
Cambridgeshire | 21 |
Channel Islands | 0 |
Cheshire | 86 |
Cornwall | 8 |
Cumberland | 1 |
Derbyshire | 62 |
Devon | 9 |
Dorset | 13 |
Durham | 25 |
Essex | 119 |
Gloucestershire | 34 |
Hampshire | 36 |
Herefordshire | 8 |
Hertfordshire | 29 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 21 |
Isle of Man | 0 |
Kent | 25 |
Lancashire | 198 |
Leicestershire | 24 |
Lincolnshire | 280 |
London | 247 |
Middlesex | 126 |
Northumberland | 8 |
Norfolk | 84 |
Northamptonshire | 87 |
Nottinghamshire | 39 |
Oxfordshire | 2 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 21 |
Shropshire | 4 |
Suffolk | 101 |
Somerset | 13 |
Surrey | 61 |
Sussex | 25 |
Staffordshire | 114 |
Warwickshire | 91 |
Westmorland | 1 |
Wiltshire | 22 |
Worcestershire | 132 |
Yorkshire | 573 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 1 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 0 |
Carmarthenshire | 0 |
Denbighshire | 1 |
Flintshire | 3 |
Glamorgan | 27 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 19 |
Pembrokeshire | 0 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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School | 239 |
Farm Labourer | 29 |
Labourer | 25 |
Domestic Servant | 19 |
General Labourer | 15 |
Farmer | 15 |
Clerk | 14 |
General Servant (domestic) | 14 |
At School | 13 |
General Servant Domestic | 13 |
House Keeper | 12 |
House Painter | 12 |
None | 11 |
Carter | 11 |
Dressmaker | 11 |
Private Means | 10 |
Joiner | 9 |
Bricklayer | 8 |
Dress Maker | 8 |
Shop Assistant | 8 |
Cook (domestic) | 7 |
Coal Miner Hewer | 7 |
Dock Labourer | 6 |
Butcher | 6 |
Domestic | 6 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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William Barley | 1,935 |
Mary Barley | 1,838 |
John Barley | 1,745 |
Elizabeth Barley | 1,165 |
George Barley | 1,083 |
Sarah Barley | 1,079 |
Thomas Barley | 1,013 |
James Barley | 954 |
Ann Barley | 691 |
Charles Barley | 563 |
Henry Barley | 563 |
Jane Barley | 558 |
Joseph Barley | 484 |
Eliza Barley | 457 |
Alice Barley | 416 |
Emma Barley | 397 |
Annie Barley | 390 |
Robert Barley | 389 |
Hannah Barley | 375 |
Frederick Barley | 367 |
Ellen Barley | 363 |
Alfred Barley | 308 |
Samuel Barley | 306 |
Arthur Barley | 296 |
Richard Barley | 296 |
Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
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1 | Barley | 100% | 29,528 |
2 | Burley | 83% | 21,484 |
3 | Brealey | 57% | 4,966 |
4 | Borley | 83% | 4,183 |
5 | Birley | 83% | 3,516 |
6 | Bearley | 86% | 3,176 |
7 | Brailey | 71% | 2,667 |
8 | Berley | 83% | 1,738 |
9 | Braley | 67% | 1,566 |
10 | Briley | 67% | 1,260 |
11 | Beerley | 71% | 870 |
12 | Burly | 67% | 776 |
13 | Barelay | 71% | 696 |
14 | Brealy | 33% | 425 |
15 | Bearly | 67% | 385 |
16 | Barly | 83% | 348 |
17 | Buerley | 71% | 345 |
18 | Bareley | 86% | 290 |
19 | Breley | 67% | 248 |
20 | Broley | 67% | 213 |
21 | Bierley | 71% | 197 |
22 | Brieley | 57% | 190 |
23 | Bruley | 67% | 190 |
24 | Braily | 50% | 148 |
25 | Aberley | 71% | 147 |
26 | Briely | 50% | 129 |
27 | Brely | 50% | 108 |
28 | Barlay | 83% | 104 |
The surname Barley is the most popular version of all its varients