Pooley Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 22
Buckinghamshire 4
Berkshire 15
Cambridgeshire 81
Channel Islands 9
Cheshire 49
Cornwall 310
Cumberland 66
Derbyshire 13
Devon 153
Dorset 5
Durham 91
Essex 266
Gloucestershire 14
Hampshire 27
Herefordshire 4
Hertfordshire 40
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 2
Isle of Man 0
Kent 118
Lancashire 138
Leicestershire 6
Lincolnshire 23
London 609
Middlesex 162
Northumberland 10
Norfolk 238
Northamptonshire 8
Nottinghamshire 11
Oxfordshire 10
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 2
Shropshire 6
Suffolk 258
Somerset 12
Surrey 138
Sussex 65
Staffordshire 11
Warwickshire 11
Westmorland 21
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 189

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 5
Denbighshire 4
Flintshire 1
Glamorgan 36
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 13
Pembrokeshire 4
Radnorshire 0

Pooley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Pooley family

Profession Census Frequency
School 318
Farm Labourer 51
Dressmaker 26
Private Means 26
General Servant (domestic) 25
Labourer 22
General Labourer 19
Horseman On Farm 17
Clerk 15
House Keeper 15
Shop Assistant 15
Carman 14
Domestic Servant 14
None 13
Butcher 12
Charwoman 12
Farmer 12
General Servant Domestic 11
Carpenter 10
Coal Miner Hewer 10
Cook (domestic) 8
Cotton Weaver 8
Assisting In The Business 7
Dress Maker 7
Gardener (domestic) 7

Most Frequent Forenames for Pooley

Name Census Frequency
William Pooley 1,220
Mary Pooley 1,135
John Pooley 1,031
Elizabeth Pooley 724
George Pooley 572
Sarah Pooley 507
James Pooley 502
Thomas Pooley 459
Henry Pooley 348
Charles Pooley 332
Ann Pooley 321
Jane Pooley 321
Robert Pooley 280
Edward Pooley 273
Eliza Pooley 263
Samuel Pooley 244
Emma Pooley 233
Alice Pooley 214
Ellen Pooley 200
Frederick Pooley 199
Emily Pooley 195
Richard Pooley 180
Alfred Pooley 178
Arthur Pooley 176
Annie Pooley 164

Pooley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Pooley 100% 17,340
2 Polley 83% 6,945
3 Paley 67% 5,600
4 Pauley 67% 2,105
5 Poley 83% 1,736
6 Pooly 83% 575
7 Piley 67% 289
8 Play 50% 194
9 Pailey 67% 188
10 Pauly 50% 159
11 Pealey 67% 147
12 Pouley 83% 120
13 Puley 67% 114

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

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