Stanley Name Meaning: An Anglo-Saxon name comprising of the word 'stan' meaning stone and 'leah' meaning 'clearing/wood'.
An name given to someone who lived in a stoney wood or clearing.
Discover how your Stanley ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 31 |
Buckinghamshire | 99 |
Berkshire | 133 |
Cambridgeshire | 74 |
Channel Islands | 1 |
Cheshire | 512 |
Cornwall | 32 |
Cumberland | 85 |
Derbyshire | 258 |
Devon | 85 |
Dorset | 76 |
Durham | 160 |
Essex | 395 |
Gloucestershire | 360 |
Hampshire | 297 |
Herefordshire | 37 |
Hertfordshire | 88 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 11 |
Isle of Man | 0 |
Kent | 655 |
Lancashire | 2,193 |
Leicestershire | 298 |
Lincolnshire | 201 |
London | 2,038 |
Middlesex | 335 |
Northumberland | 152 |
Norfolk | 109 |
Northamptonshire | 243 |
Nottinghamshire | 580 |
Oxfordshire | 189 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 11 |
Shropshire | 99 |
Suffolk | 35 |
Somerset | 49 |
Surrey | 320 |
Sussex | 148 |
Staffordshire | 1,295 |
Warwickshire | 1,083 |
Westmorland | 16 |
Wiltshire | 113 |
Worcestershire | 602 |
Yorkshire | 1,466 |
Anglesey | 3 |
Brecknockshire | 13 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 63 |
Carmarthenshire | 4 |
Denbighshire | 22 |
Flintshire | 31 |
Glamorgan | 88 |
Merionethshire | 1 |
Montgomeryshire | 15 |
Monmouthshire | 90 |
Pembrokeshire | 2 |
Radnorshire | 2 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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General Labourer | 208 |
Living On Own Means | 175 |
Scholar | 135 |
General Servant Domestic | 106 |
Dress Maker | 76 |
Cotton Weaver | 68 |
Cook Domestic | 61 |
Domestic Servant | 57 |
Farmer | 54 |
Coal Miner Hewer | 48 |
Laundress Wash | 44 |
Butcher | 40 |
Agricultural Labourer | 40 |
Tailoress | 39 |
House Maid Domestic | 37 |
House Painter | 37 |
School | 37 |
Servant Domestic | 37 |
Dressmaker | 35 |
Ordinary Agricultural Labourer | 33 |
Blacksmith | 32 |
Dock Labourer | 32 |
Carpenter | 31 |
Charwoman | 31 |
Grocer | 31 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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William Stanley | 5,261 |
Mary Stanley | 5,139 |
John Stanley | 4,871 |
Elizabeth Stanley | 3,408 |
Thomas Stanley | 3,046 |
George Stanley | 2,972 |
Sarah Stanley | 2,821 |
James Stanley | 2,491 |
Charles Stanley | 1,939 |
Henry Stanley | 1,693 |
Ann Stanley | 1,659 |
Joseph Stanley | 1,436 |
Emma Stanley | 1,268 |
Jane Stanley | 1,264 |
Alice Stanley | 1,204 |
Annie Stanley | 1,200 |
Eliza Stanley | 1,183 |
Edward Stanley | 1,142 |
Ellen Stanley | 1,109 |
Frederick Stanley | 938 |
Arthur Stanley | 900 |
Hannah Stanley | 852 |
Robert Stanley | 832 |
Margaret Stanley | 806 |
Emily Stanley | 786 |