Dewley 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 2
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 4
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 8
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 2
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 2

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

Dewley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dewley family

Profession Census Frequency
Clerk 1
Joiner 1
Police Constable Bradford 1
Road Excavator 1
Coal Miner Filler 1
Shop Keeper 1
Carpenter 1
Private Means-none 1
Moulder 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Dewley

Name Census Frequency
William Dewley 12
George Dewley 11
Mary Dewley 10
John Dewley 9
Elizabeth Dewley 6
Sarah Dewley 6
Ann Dewley 5
Thomas Dewley 5
Charles Dewley 4
Frederick Dewley 4
Samuel Dewley 4
Annie Dewley 3
Edith Dewley 3
Emily Dewley 3
Emma Dewley 3
Martha Dewley 3
Agnes Dewley 2
Alice Dewley 2
Caroline Dewley 2
David Dewley 2
Edward Dewley 2
Ellen Dewley 2
Esther Dewley 2
Ethel Dewley 2
Tom Dewley 2

Dewley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Dowley 83% 2,800
2 Dawley 83% 474
3 Deuley 83% 230
4 Dewley 100% 160
5 Douley 67% 134

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The surname Dewley is the 4th most popular variant of Dowley.

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