Daley 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 30
Berkshire 14
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 14
Cheshire 55
Cornwall 19
Cumberland 37
Derbyshire 32
Devon 35
Dorset 5
Durham 143
Essex 61
Gloucestershire 44
Hampshire 30
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 70
Lancashire 1,006
Leicestershire 29
Lincolnshire 35
London 648
Middlesex 39
Northumberland 74
Norfolk 5
Northamptonshire 10
Nottinghamshire 49
Oxfordshire 2
Rutland 0
Shropshire 21
Suffolk 3
Somerset 20
Surrey 29
Sussex 13
Staffordshire 105
Warwickshire 51
Westmorland 7
Wiltshire 4
Worcestershire 28
Yorkshire 353

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 13
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 132
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 58
Pembrokeshire 4
Radnorshire 0

Daley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Daley family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 530
General Labourer 88
Labourer 54
Coal Miner 51
Domestic Servant 35
Dock Labourer 32
Cotton Weaver 30
Dress Maker 24
Laundress 24
Tailoress 21
Tailor 18
Cotton Spinner 18
Hawker 17
General Servant 16
Living On Own Means 16
Charwoman 15
General Servant Domestic 14
Agricultural Labourer 13
Carter 13
Painter 11
Grocer 10
None 10
Char Woman 9
Cotton Winder 9
House Keeper 8

Most Frequent Forenames for Daley

Name Census Frequency
Mary Daley 1,939
John Daley 1,811
James Daley 1,130
William Daley 816
Thomas Daley 785
Margaret Daley 708
Ellen Daley 615
Elizabeth Daley 614
Catherine Daley 594
Patrick Daley 517
Ann Daley 395
Sarah Daley 384
Michael Daley 348
Joseph Daley 330
Charles Daley 316
Annie Daley 294
Bridget Daley 281
Jane Daley 255
Daniel Daley 252
Edward Daley 237
George Daley 229
Eliza Daley 215
Henry Daley 196
Peter Daley 176
Alice Daley 172

Daley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Daley 100% 20,162
2 Daly 80% 17,276
3 Dooley 67% 11,540
4 Deeley 67% 6,671
5 Dalley 83% 6,573
6 Dally 80% 5,792
7 Dailey 83% 3,543
8 Duley 80% 2,868
9 Daily 60% 2,642
10 Duly 60% 2,126
11 Audley 50% 2,033
12 Adley 60% 2,000
13 Dealey 83% 1,877
14 Delay 60% 1,351
15 Doley 80% 1,139
16 Edley 60% 876
17 Dealy 60% 851
18 Deely 40% 587
19 Deley 80% 500
20 Dooly 40% 419
21 Dayley 83% 417
22 Deuley 67% 230
23 Doiley 67% 198
24 Doly 60% 193
25 Aidley 50% 192
26 Diley 80% 134
27 Douley 67% 134
28 Odley 60% 120

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

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