Simley Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Hunts and Rutland 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 3
Nottinghamshire 1
Yorkshire 14
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0

Simley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Simley family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 2
Porter 2
Ribbon Dresser 1
Minder 1
Grocer 1
Packet Agent 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Simley

Name Census Frequency
Mary Simley 21
John Simley 19
William Simley 12
Elizabeth Simley 9
George Simley 9
Thomas Simley 7
James Simley 6
Jane Simley 6
Sarah Simley 6
Alice Simley 5
Joseph Simley 5
Henry Simley 4
Robert Simley 4
Samuel Simley 4
Ann Simley 3
Margaret Simley 3
Richard Simley 3
Ada Simley 2
Amelia Simley 2
Annie Simley 2
Charles Simley 2
Damaris Simley 2
Fanny Simley 2
Florence Simley 2
Gertrude Simley 2

Simley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Smiley 67% 540
2 Smily 50% 345
3 Sumley 83% 324
4 Smaley 67% 312
5 Semley 83% 286
6 Simley 100% 197

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The surname Simley is the 6th most popular variant of Smiley.

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