Nelley Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Dorset 1
Hunts and Rutland 0
London 2
Northumberland 1
Shropshire 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
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 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
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Nelley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Nelley family

Profession Census Frequency
Pew Opener 1
Watchman 1
Female Servant 1
Chair Maker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Nelley

Name Census Frequency
Mary Nelley 24
John Nelley 17
William Nelley 17
James Nelley 12
Thomas Nelley 9
George Nelley 8
Elizabeth Nelley 6
Emma Nelley 6
Sarah Nelley 6
Bridget Nelley 5
Catherine Nelley 5
Charles Nelley 5
Ellen Nelley 5
Henry Nelley 5
Jane Nelley 5
Ann Nelley 4
Frances Nelley 4
Frederick Nelley 4
Patrick Nelley 4
Arthur Nelley 3
Emily Nelley 3
Martha Nelley 3
Martin Nelley 3
Rose Nelley 3
Joseph Nelley 2

Nelley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Nelly 83% 1,652
2 Nally 67% 1,142
3 Nellie 67% 362
4 Neely 67% 289
5 Nelley 100% 236
6 Nalley 83% 213
7 Nully 67% 161
8 Nulley 83% 106

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The surname Nelley is the 5th most popular variant of Nelly.

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