Colley 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 20
Berkshire 17
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 8
Cheshire 107
Cornwall 5
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 72
Devon 57
Dorset 6
Durham 84
Essex 71
Gloucestershire 96
Hampshire 57
Herefordshire 108
Hertfordshire 30
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 1
Kent 70
Lancashire 424
Leicestershire 23
Lincolnshire 70
London 520
Middlesex 47
Northumberland 44
Norfolk 16
Northamptonshire 24
Nottinghamshire 62
Oxfordshire 8
Rutland 0
Shropshire 141
Suffolk 7
Somerset 61
Surrey 58
Sussex 14
Staffordshire 453
Warwickshire 219
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 19
Worcestershire 324
Yorkshire 1,141

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 5
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 56
Flintshire 1
Glamorgan 71
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 37
Monmouthshire 46
Pembrokeshire 23
Radnorshire 1

Colley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Colley family

Profession Census Frequency
General Labourer 45
Living On Own Means 45
Dress Maker 38
General Servant Domestic 34
Coal Miner Hewer 30
Domestic Servant 28
Farmer 26
Agricultural Labourer 21
Cook Domestic 19
Cotton Weaver 19
Coal Miner 17
Servant Domestic 16
Carpenter 14
Laundress Wash 14
Tailoress 14
Dock Labourer 12
Bricklayer Labourer 12
Fisherman 12
Gardener Domestic 12
Coal Miner C Hewer 12
Charwoman 11
Housemaid Domestic 11
Scholar 11
Iron Moulder 10
House Maid Domestic 10

Most Frequent Forenames for Colley

Name Census Frequency
William Colley 1,858
Mary Colley 1,834
John Colley 1,785
Thomas Colley 1,199
Elizabeth Colley 1,183
George Colley 1,096
Sarah Colley 1,079
James Colley 869
Ann Colley 682
Jane Colley 569
Charles Colley 557
Henry Colley 511
Eliza Colley 453
Joseph Colley 438
Robert Colley 435
Richard Colley 427
Alice Colley 413
Annie Colley 408
Emma Colley 341
Hannah Colley 340
Edward Colley 317
Ellen Colley 310
Albert Colley 273
Emily Colley 268
Martha Colley 255

Colley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Colley 100% 28,567
2 Coley 83% 14,403
3 Culley 83% 9,161
4 Cooley 83% 6,530
5 Calley 83% 2,480
6 Cully 67% 2,452
7 Colly 83% 2,020
8 Collie 67% 1,685
9 Cluley 67% 818
10 Cally 67% 264
11 Coly 67% 162
12 Cooly 67% 147

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The surname Colley is the most popular version of all its varients

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