Posley 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 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 3
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 7
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 7
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
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

Posley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Posley family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 2
Carpenter 2
Male Servant 1
Carrier 1
Nurse 1
Weaver 1
Pawn Broker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Posley

Name Census Frequency
John Posley 10
Mary Posley 9
William Posley 8
Elizabeth Posley 6
Ann Posley 5
Robert Posley 5
Alice Posley 4
George Posley 3
James Posley 3
Samuel Posley 3
Albert Posley 2
Amelia Posley 2
Caroline Posley 2
Eliza Posley 2
Hannah Posley 2
Henry Posley 2
Jane Posley 2
Martha Posley 2
Sarah Posley 2
Thomas Posley 2
Ada Posley 1
Agnes Posley 1
Alexander Posley 1
Anna Posley 1
Anny Posley 1

Posley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Paisley 71% 2,400
2 Peasley 71% 1,502
3 Pasley 83% 871
4 Epsley 67% 302
5 Apsley 67% 254
6 Peesley 71% 222
7 Piesley 71% 137
8 Posley 100% 110
9 Pusley 83% 109

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The surname Posley is the 8th most popular variant of Paisley.

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