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

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

Payley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Payley family

Profession Census Frequency
Male Servant 2
Female Servant 2
Carpenter 1
Ag Lab 1
Independent 1
Royal Navy H P 1
Lodging House Keeper 1
Wool Comber 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Payley

Name Census Frequency
William Payley 23
Mary Payley 18
John Payley 16
James Payley 15
Elizabeth Payley 14
George Payley 12
Sarah Payley 12
Ann Payley 11
Thomas Payley 9
Charles Payley 8
Frederick Payley 7
Eliza Payley 6
Henry Payley 6
Joseph Payley 6
Annie Payley 5
Emma Payley 5
Alice Payley 4
Ellen Payley 4
Grace Payley 4
Jane Payley 4
Margaret Payley 4
Martha Payley 4
Robert Payley 4
Alfred Payley 3
Caroline Payley 3

Payley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Paley 83% 5,600
2 Payley 100% 307
3 Palley 83% 259
4 Pailey 83% 188

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The surname Payley is the 2nd most popular variant of Paley.

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