Colliery 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 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 6
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 3
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 5

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 1
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Colliery Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Colliery family

Profession Census Frequency
Bricklayer's Labourer 3
Drapery 2
Cotton Weaver 1
Rag Gatherer 1
Bricklayer 1
Rag Grinder 1
Joiner Journeyman 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Colliery

Name Census Frequency
Mary Colliery 10
Elizabeth Colliery 9
John Colliery 6
Thomas Colliery 6
James Colliery 5
Sarah Colliery 5
Edward Colliery 3
Harry Colliery 3
Jane Colliery 3
Joseph Colliery 3
Charles Colliery 2
Emily Colliery 2
Francis Colliery 2
George Colliery 2
Hannah Colliery 2
Margaret Colliery 2
Richard Colliery 2
Robert Colliery 2
William Colliery 2
Ada Colliery 1
Ann Colliery 1
Annie Colliery 1
Bertha Colliery 1
Bolton Colliery 1
Catherine Colliery 1

Colliery Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Callery 75% 576
2 Collery 88% 276
3 Colliery 100% 110

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The surname Colliery is the 3rd most popular variant of Callery.

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