Scheley 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 2
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 3
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 1
Dorset 1
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 6
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
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 6

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

Scheley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Scheley family

Profession Census Frequency
Cotton Rester 2
Agricultural Labourer 1
Private 11th Regiment 1
Sawyer 1
Male Servant 1
Widow 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Scheley

Name Census Frequency
Mary Scheley 18
William Scheley 11
John Scheley 9
Elizabeth Scheley 7
Sarah Scheley 6
Charles Scheley 5
George Scheley 5
Albert Scheley 4
Eliza Scheley 4
Frederick Scheley 4
James Scheley 4
Maria Scheley 4
Caroline Scheley 3
Ernest Scheley 3
Joseph Scheley 3
Margaret Scheley 3
Minnie Scheley 3
Thomas Scheley 3
Ada Scheley 2
Alfred Scheley 2
Ann Scheley 2
Annie Scheley 2
Arthur Scheley 2
Clara Scheley 2
Frances Scheley 2

Scheley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Scholey 86% 8,253
2 Schooley 75% 368
3 Scheley 100% 194

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The surname Scheley is the 3rd most popular variant of Scholey.

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