Dodley 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 1
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 4
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 2
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 5
Suffolk 0
Somerset 2
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 4
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

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

Dodley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dodley family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 2
Independent 2
Straw Plait Maker 1
Miner 1
Servant 1
Cotton Factory 1
Widow 1
Journeymany Shoe Maker 1
Silk Weaver 1
Weaver 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Dodley

Name Census Frequency
John Dodley 12
Mary Dodley 11
Ann Dodley 10
Eliza Dodley 8
Sarah Dodley 8
William Dodley 8
Hannah Dodley 6
Henry Dodley 6
James Dodley 6
Charles Dodley 5
Joseph Dodley 5
Thomas Dodley 4
Alfred Dodley 3
Alice Dodley 3
Edmund Dodley 3
Elizabeth Dodley 3
Albert Dodley 2
Annie Dodley 2
Beatrice Dodley 2
David Dodley 2
Ellen Dodley 2
Louisa Dodley 2
Reuben Dodley 2
Samuel Dodley 2
Walter Dodley 2

Dodley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Dudley 83% 33,161
2 Dadley 83% 2,345
3 Addley 67% 627
4 Dudly 67% 309
5 Dodley 100% 175

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The surname Dodley is the 5th most popular variant of Dudley.

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