Foley Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Foley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Foley family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 439
General Labourer 76
Domestic Servant 32
Labourer 29
Coal Miner 27
Laundress 24
Dress Maker 22
Dock Labourer 19
Living On Her Own Means 19
Cotton Weaver 16
General Servant Domestic 15
General Servant 14
Living On Own Means 14
Tailoress 13
Tailor 11
Charwoman 10
Agricultural Labourer 9
Hawker 9
House Keeper 9
Cotton Spinner 9
Brick Layer 8
Private 8
Porter 8
Glass Maker 7
Cotton Operative 7

Foley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Foley 100% 21,619
2 Folley 83% 4,063
3 Folly 80% 1,760
4 Fly 60% 1,495
5 Flay 60% 1,340
6 Feeley 67% 1,228
7 Faley 80% 715
8 Feely 40% 703
9 Fley 80% 635
10 Filey 80% 357
11 Failey 67% 335
12 Fealey 67% 309
13 Fooley 83% 269
14 Floy 60% 214
15 Foly 80% 204
16 Fleay 60% 159
17 Flye 40% 140
18 Feley 80% 109

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

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