O'kelly 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 2
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 9
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 0
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

O'kelly Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the O'kelly family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 2
Machinist 2
Drummer 1
Clothier Cutter 1
Examining Officer 1
Farrier 1
Tailor 1
Waiter 1

Most Frequent Forenames for O'kelly

Name Census Frequency
Mary O'kelly 12
Ellen O'kelly 7
Emily O'kelly 7
Thomas O'kelly 7
John O'kelly 6
Margaret O'kelly 6
Elizabeth O'kelly 5
Edward O'kelly 4
James O'kelly 4
William O'kelly 4
Charles O'kelly 3
Edmund O'kelly 3
Joseph O'kelly 3
Michael O'kelly 3
Richard O'kelly 3
Ada O'kelly 2
Agnes O'kelly 2
David O'kelly 2
Desmond O'kelly 2
Eileen O'kelly 2
George O'kelly 2
Maria O'kelly 2
Harry O'kelly 1
Herbert O'kelly 1
Isabella O'kelly 1

O'kelly Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Oakley 57% 44,212
2 Oakly 57% 886
3 O'kelly 100% 150
4 Okelly 86% 113

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The surname O'kelly is the 3rd most popular variant of Oakley.

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