Thornsley 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 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 3
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 6
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 10
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 3
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 2

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

Thornsley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Thornsley family

Profession Census Frequency
Cotton Weaver 2
Coal Miner C Hewer 2
Hat Finisher 1
Cotton Mill Powerloom Overlooker 1
Dipper Jewellery Trade 1
Polisher Jewellery 1
Servant Domestic 1
Brickmaker Foreman 1
Domestic Service Domestic 1
Laundress Wash 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Thornsley

Name Census Frequency
Mary Thornsley 14
Sarah Thornsley 9
William Thornsley 9
Elizabeth Thornsley 6
John Thornsley 6
Thomas Thornsley 6
George Thornsley 4
Ann Thornsley 3
Annie Thornsley 3
Frances Thornsley 3
Jane Thornsley 3
Benjamin Thornsley 2
Daniel Thornsley 2
Eliza Thornsley 2
Ellen Thornsley 2
Emma Thornsley 2
Francis Thornsley 2
Frederick Thornsley 2
Hannah Thornsley 2
James Thornsley 2
Maria Thornsley 2
Noah Thornsley 2
Robert Thornsley 2
Samuel Thornsley 2
Abraham Thornsley 1

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