Zelly 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 23
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 4
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
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 1

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

Zelly Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Zelly family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 7
Home 2
Railway Labourer 2
Agricultural Laborer 1
Carpenter 1
Ostler 1
Receiving Parish Relief 1
Servant 1
Whitesmiths Apprentice 1
Seaman H M S 1
Draper 1
Tailor 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Zelly

Name Census Frequency
Mary Zelly 23
John Zelly 11
Robert Zelly 10
Thomas Zelly 10
William Zelly 9
Elizabeth Zelly 6
Benjamin Zelly 4
Caroline Zelly 4
Henry Zelly 4
Sarah Zelly 4
Ann Zelly 3
James Zelly 3
Joseph Zelly 3
Richard Zelly 3
Adam Zelly 2
Albert Zelly 2
Charles Zelly 2
Frederick Zelly 2
Louisa Zelly 2
Margaret Zelly 2
Susan Zelly 2
Ada Zelly 1
Adolphus Zelly 1
Angela Zelly 1
Annie Zelly 1

Zelly Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Zelley 83% 299
2 Zealley 71% 140
3 Zelly 100% 134

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The surname Zelly is the 3rd most popular variant of Zelley.

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