Ligley 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 4
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 1
Devon 0
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 2
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
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 9
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

Ligley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Ligley family

Profession Census Frequency
Carter 2
Scholar 2
Porter Railway 1
Farm Labourer 1
General Domestic Servant 1
Engine Winter 1
House Keeper 1
Potter Handler 1
Silk Dyer 1
Architects Assistant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Ligley

Name Census Frequency
Sarah Ligley 8
Mary Ligley 7
John Ligley 6
James Ligley 5
Joseph Ligley 5
Elizabeth Ligley 4
Thomas Ligley 4
Charles Ligley 3
Esther Ligley 3
George Ligley 3
William Ligley 3
Agnes Ligley 2
Ann Ligley 2
Emily Ligley 2
Hannah Ligley 2
Martha Ligley 2
Moses Ligley 2
Rachel Ligley 2
Selina Ligley 2
Albert Ligley 1
Alice Ligley 1
Anne Ligley 1
Annie Ligley 1
Arthur Ligley 1
Betsy Ligley 1

Ligley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Laugley 71% 819
2 Lougley 71% 173
3 Ligley 100% 100

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The surname Ligley is the 3rd most popular variant of Laugley.

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