O'reilly 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 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 11
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 5
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 5
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 3
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
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

O'reilly Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the O'reilly family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 3
Cord Wainer 1
Dock Labourer 1
General Labourer 1
Operator 1
Roman Catholic Priest 1
Informary Housekeeper 1
Religious 1
Soldier 1
Tea Warehouseman 1
Draper 1
Banister 1
No Occupation 1
Corporitor 1

Most Frequent Forenames for O'reilly

Name Census Frequency
Mary O'reilly 69
John O'reilly 45
James O'reilly 31
Margaret O'reilly 23
Annie O'reilly 20
William O'reilly 20
Thomas O'reilly 19
Kathleen O'reilly 17
Patrick O'reilly 17
Catherine O'reilly 16
Elizabeth O'reilly 15
Michael O'reilly 15
Ellen O'reilly 14
Edward O'reilly 12
Agnes O'reilly 11
Charles O'reilly 10
Joseph O'reilly 10
Francis O'reilly 9
Henry O'reilly 9
George O'reilly 8
Sarah O'reilly 8
Bernard O'reilly 7
Kate O'reilly 7
Peter O'reilly 7
Robert O'reilly 7

O'reilly Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 O'reilly 100% 747
2 Oreilly 88% 671

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