Downley 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 2
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 3
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 2
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
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

Downley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Downley family

Profession Census Frequency
Late Queens Messenger In F G 1
Alms Woman 1
Joiner 1
Bootmaker 1
Coach Builder 1
Lace Ment 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Downley

Name Census Frequency
Mary Downley 11
John Downley 9
Elizabeth Downley 7
William Downley 5
Frederick Downley 4
James Downley 4
Sarah Downley 4
Jane Downley 3
Thomas Downley 3
Anne Downley 2
Charles Downley 2
Daniel Downley 2
Dora Downley 2
Ellen Downley 2
Emily Downley 2
Emma Downley 2
George Downley 2
Margaret Downley 2
Martha Downley 2
Robert Downley 2
Selina Downley 2
Albert Downley 1
Aley Downley 1
Alfred Downley 1
Alice Downley 1

Downley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Downelly 75% 198
2 Downley 100% 118

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The surname Downley is the 2nd most popular variant of Downelly.

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