Dawley 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 2
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 2
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 3
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 10
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 3
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 3
Staffordshire 7
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 6

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

Dawley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dawley family

Profession Census Frequency
Male Servant 2
Labourer 2
Agricultural Labourer 2
Carpenter 2
Blacksmith 2
Charwoman 1
Female Servant 1
Laundress 1
Tailor 1
Pauper 1
Milliner 1
Teacher Of Music 1
Independent 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Dawley

Name Census Frequency
John Dawley 32
Mary Dawley 31
William Dawley 28
Elizabeth Dawley 26
Thomas Dawley 24
Ann Dawley 18
George Dawley 13
Annie Dawley 10
Ellen Dawley 10
James Dawley 10
Joseph Dawley 10
Edward Dawley 9
Emma Dawley 9
Henry Dawley 9
Jane Dawley 9
Robert Dawley 9
Sarah Dawley 9
Charles Dawley 8
Patrick Dawley 7
Richard Dawley 7
Alice Dawley 6
Margaret Dawley 6
Ada Dawley 5
Catherine Dawley 5
Eliza Dawley 5

Dawley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Dowley 83% 2,800
2 Dawley 100% 474
3 Dewley 83% 160

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The surname Dawley is the 2nd most popular variant of Dowley.

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