Gayley Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 1
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 3
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 5
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 2
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

Gayley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gayley family

Profession Census Frequency
Block Maker 1
Fisherman 1
General Servant 1
Laundress 1
Scholar 1
General Labourer 1
Lace Clipper 1
Domestic Servant 1
Stoker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Gayley

Name Census Frequency
Mary Gayley 13
William Gayley 13
Thomas Gayley 12
John Gayley 10
Elizabeth Gayley 8
George Gayley 8
James Gayley 8
Joseph Gayley 7
Emily Gayley 6
Sarah Gayley 6
Emma Gayley 5
Ann Gayley 4
Annie Gayley 4
Hannah Gayley 4
Harry Gayley 4
Henry Gayley 4
Herbert Gayley 4
Jane Gayley 4
Alice Gayley 3
Charles Gayley 3
Ellen Gayley 3
Maria Gayley 3
Alexander Gayley 2
Anne Gayley 2
Bridget Gayley 2

Gayley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Galley 83% 8,859
2 Gallie 50% 1,209
3 Galey 83% 1,147
4 Gailey 83% 418
5 Gayley 100% 203

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The surname Gayley is the 5th most popular variant of Galley.

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