Owsley 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 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 6
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 5
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

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

Owsley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Owsley family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 3
Barrister At Law Not In Practice 1
Holding Approach In Charity Commission 1
Housemaid Domestic Servant 1
Wool Sorter 1
Baker Master Employing 1 Boy 1
Fish Salesman Monger 1
Apprentice Carpenter 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Owsley

Name Census Frequency
Elizabeth Owsley 15
John Owsley 10
Ann Owsley 8
Arthur Owsley 7
Mary Owsley 7
Emma Owsley 6
George Owsley 6
James Owsley 6
Sarah Owsley 5
Vincent Owsley 5
William Owsley 5
Bertha Owsley 4
Florence Owsley 4
Gladys Owsley 4
Henrietta Owsley 4
Herbert Owsley 4
Isaac Owsley 4
Richard Owsley 4
Annie Owsley 3
Cecil Owsley 3
Daniel Owsley 3
Eliza Owsley 3
Ellen Owsley 3
Sophia Owsley 3
Stephen Owsley 3

Owsley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wesley 67% 8,666
2 Wasley 67% 3,327
3 Ousley 83% 1,036
4 Wisley 67% 495
5 Woosley 71% 286
6 Wosley 67% 284
7 Owsley 100% 202
8 Wisely 33% 101

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The surname Owsley is the 7th most popular variant of Wesley.

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