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

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 3
Radnorshire 0

Shirly Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Shirly family

Profession Census Frequency
Independent 2
Female Servant 1
Shoe Binder 1
Agricultural Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Shirly

Name Census Frequency
Mary Shirly 12
John Shirly 9
William Shirly 8
Sarah Shirly 5
Elizabeth Shirly 4
Thomas Shirly 4
Emma Shirly 3
George Shirly 3
Alfred Shirly 2
Alice Shirly 2
Ann Shirly 2
Catherine Shirly 2
Charles Shirly 2
Emily Shirly 2
Harold Shirly 2
Harriet Shirly 2
Jane Shirly 2
Joseph Shirly 2
Louisa Shirly 2
Rebecca Shirly 2
Selina Shirly 2
Ada Shirly 1
Amelia Shirly 1
Amilla Shirly 1
Ams Shirly 1

Shirly Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Shirley 86% 16,237
2 Sherley 71% 1,479
3 Shorley 71% 1,200
4 Sharley 71% 941
5 Shurley 71% 805
6 Shearley 63% 174
7 Shirly 100% 100

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The surname Shirly is the 7th most popular variant of Shirley.

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