Chimley 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 6
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 3
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 4
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 2
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 0

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

Chimley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Chimley family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 3
Labourer 2
Brick Layer 1
Dressmaker 1
Weaver Cotton 1
Agricultural Foreman 1
Draper Clerk 1
Solicitor General Clerk 1
Joiner 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Chimley

Name Census Frequency
Sarah Chimley 14
John Chimley 11
Mary Chimley 11
William Chimley 9
Elizabeth Chimley 6
Lucy Chimley 5
Catherine Chimley 4
Charles Chimley 4
Emma Chimley 4
Francis Chimley 4
George Chimley 4
Lison Chimley 4
Margaret Chimley 4
Thomas Chimley 4
Edward Chimley 3
Florence Chimley 3
Hannah Chimley 3
Henry Chimley 3
James Chimley 3
Louisa Chimley 3
Maud Chimley 3
Samuel Chimley 3
Alice Chimley 2
Arthur Chimley 2
Eliza Chimley 2

Chimley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Chamley 86% 2,645
2 Chumley 86% 642
3 Chimley 100% 162

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The surname Chimley is the 3rd most popular variant of Chamley.

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