Nowley 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 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 15
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 5
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 6
Warwickshire 3
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 2

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

Nowley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Nowley family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 7
Coalminer 2
House Keeper 2
Labourer 2
Putter 2
Keeper 1
Dock Labourer 1
Needle Woman 1
Lock Maker 1
Steel Polisher 1
Wood Turner 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Nowley

Name Census Frequency
John Nowley 18
William Nowley 17
Sarah Nowley 15
Elizabeth Nowley 12
Margaret Nowley 8
Alexander Nowley 6
Mary Nowley 6
Ann Nowley 5
Jane Nowley 5
Alice Nowley 4
Isabella Nowley 4
Edward Nowley 3
Hannah Nowley 3
James Nowley 3
Thomas Nowley 3
Charlotte Nowley 2
Edith Nowley 2
Frances Nowley 2
George Nowley 2
Lily Nowley 2
Martha Nowley 2
Oliver Nowley 2
Robert Nowley 2
Alexdrew Nowley 1
Andrew Nowley 1

Nowley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Newley 83% 2,307
2 Newly 67% 720
3 Nowley 100% 176

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The surname Nowley is the 3rd most popular variant of Newley.

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