Pelley Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Pelley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Pelley family

Profession Census Frequency
School 9
House Decorator 2
Patient 1
Blacksmith 1
Domestic Nurse 1
Dressmaker 1
House Painter 1
Joiner 1
Letting Apartments 1
Naval Pensioner 1
Nurse 1
Royal Navy Armourers Mate 1
Stoker Petty Officer 1
Trainer H M Gun Manufacturer 1
Upholsterer 1
Physician & Turgeon 1
Farm Laborour 1
Horseman On Farm 1
Horsman On Farm 1
Sheperd 1
Insurance Clerk 1
Domestic Servant (invalid) 1
Cartfith Medwife 1
Murry Man (under Ground) 1
No Ocnmpaton 1

Pelley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Polley 83% 6,945
2 Pulley 83% 4,222
3 Pilley 83% 3,546
4 Polly 67% 1,853
5 Pelly 83% 1,381
6 Pelley 100% 695
7 Paulley 71% 408
8 Pully 67% 284
9 Palley 83% 259
10 Pilly 67% 176
11 Pally 67% 151

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The surname Pelley is the 6th most popular variant of Polley.

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