Nealy Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Cumberland 19
Gloucestershire 1
Hunts and Rutland 0
London 5
Suffolk 1
Warwickshire 1
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Nealy Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Nealy family

Profession Census Frequency
Apprentice Carpenter 2
Female Servant 2
Independent 2
Shoe Maker 2
Journeyman Joiner 1
Labourer 1
Washerwoman 1
Female Seravnt 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Nealy

Name Census Frequency
John Nealy 31
Mary Nealy 24
David Nealy 16
Hannah Nealy 14
William Nealy 13
Elizabeth Nealy 12
Colin Nealy 8
Henry Nealy 7
Thomas Nealy 7
George Nealy 6
Martha Nealy 6
Sarah Nealy 6
Jane Nealy 5
Jonathan Nealy 5
Ann Nealy 4
Betsy Nealy 4
Isabella Nealy 4
James Nealy 4
Joseph Nealy 4
Tom Nealy 4
Annie Nealy 3
Arthur Nealy 3
Daniel Nealy 3
Eleanor Nealy 3
Esther Nealy 3

Nealy Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Ainley 33% 8,421
2 Onley 20% 1,784
3 Anley 20% 1,672
4 Neely 80% 289
5 Anelay 50% 285
6 Nealy 100% 275
7 Nealey 83% 229
8 Niley 40% 142
9 Only 40% 124

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The surname Nealy is the 6th most popular variant of Ainley.

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