Olley 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 2
Essex 118
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 2
London 132
Middlesex 1
Northumberland 7
Norfolk 198
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 32
Somerset 9
Surrey 3
Sussex 10
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 2
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 2
Yorkshire 8

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

Olley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Olley family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 30
Female Servant 17
Ag Labourer 14
Labourer 11
Tailor 8
Independent 7
Farmer 6
Male Servant 6
Shoe Maker 4
Cabinet Maker 3
Laundress 3
Pauper 3
Porter 3
Brick Layer 2
Butcher 2
Independant 2
Lodger 2
Ostler 2
Brush Maker 2
Cork Cutter 2
G Brush Maker 2
Cooper 2
Weel Wright 2
Hatter 1
Keeper 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Olley

Name Census Frequency
William Olley 530
Mary Olley 406
John Olley 345
George Olley 313
Elizabeth Olley 295
Sarah Olley 228
James Olley 219
Thomas Olley 217
Charles Olley 185
Henry Olley 168
Alice Olley 144
Emma Olley 131
Robert Olley 128
Eliza Olley 126
Ann Olley 111
Emily Olley 109
Arthur Olley 102
Ellen Olley 101
Edward Olley 92
Jane Olley 91
Frederick Olley 89
Alfred Olley 86
Joseph Olley 76
Annie Olley 73
Edith Olley 70

Olley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Olley 100% 7,313
2 Alley 80% 4,468
3 Liley 60% 3,610
4 Elley 80% 2,426
5 Lailey 50% 1,475
6 Lily 40% 851
7 Elly 60% 781
8 Oley 80% 651
9 Luley 60% 569
10 Lealey 50% 309
11 Ulley 80% 306
12 Luly 40% 297
13 Ally 60% 283
14 Laley 60% 279
15 Leeley 50% 198
16 Lealy 20% 147
17 Olly 80% 130
18 Laily 20% 118
19 Eilley 67% 104
20 Lely 40% 102
21 Laly 40% 101

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The surname Olley is the most popular version of all its varients

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