Gosley 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 1
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 1
Devon 2
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 14
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 5
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 7

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

Gosley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gosley family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 4
Agricultural Labourer 3
Worsted Piecer 2
Taylor 1
Farm Servant 1
Journeyman Carpenter 1
Farmer 1
Grazier 1
Pilot 1
Male Servant 1
Journeyman 1
Scissor Grinder 1
Wool Comber 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Gosley

Name Census Frequency
James Gosley 29
Mary Gosley 24
George Gosley 23
John Gosley 23
William Gosley 23
Elizabeth Gosley 20
Frederick Gosley 13
Hannah Gosley 13
Ann Gosley 11
Annie Gosley 11
Jane Gosley 11
Charles Gosley 9
Thomas Gosley 9
Eliza Gosley 8
Henry Gosley 8
Ellen Gosley 7
Ada Gosley 6
Arthur Gosley 6
Charlotte Gosley 6
Sarah Gosley 6
Alice Gosley 5
Amos Gosley 5
Isaac Gosley 5
Joseph Gosley 5
Clement Gosley 4

Gosley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Gosley 100% 453
2 Gasley 83% 142

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

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