Smelley 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 5
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 7
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 4
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 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 0
Radnorshire 0

Smelley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Smelley family

Profession Census Frequency
Weaver 2
Apprentice Iron Moulder 1
Apprentice Milliner 1
Bonnet Maker 1
Stone Sawyer 1
Dresser 1
Varmaselly Maker 1
Confectioner 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Smelley

Name Census Frequency
William Smelley 11
John Smelley 6
Thomas Smelley 6
Alice Smelley 5
Mary Smelley 5
Eliza Smelley 4
Elizabeth Smelley 4
Ellen Smelley 4
Ann Smelley 3
George Smelley 3
James Smelley 3
Sarah Smelley 3
Annie Smelley 2
Catherine Smelley 2
Charles Smelley 2
Charlotte Smelley 2
Emily Smelley 2
Fanny Smelley 2
Frances Smelley 2
Jane Smelley 2
Joseph Smelley 2
Peter Smelley 2
Richard Smelley 2
Sophia Smelley 2
Adeline Smelley 1

Smelley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Smalley 86% 18,829
2 Smally 71% 621
3 Smelley 100% 118
4 Smelly 86% 110

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The surname Smelley is the 3rd most popular variant of Smalley.

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