Daley Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 2
Buckinghamshire 20
Berkshire 11
Cambridgeshire 5
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 73
Cornwall 11
Cumberland 45
Derbyshire 50
Devon 49
Dorset 2
Durham 212
Essex 72
Gloucestershire 40
Hampshire 13
Herefordshire 5
Hertfordshire 2
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 1
Kent 47
Lancashire 1,075
Leicestershire 30
Lincolnshire 29
London 653
Middlesex 34
Northumberland 47
Norfolk 2
Northamptonshire 8
Nottinghamshire 37
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 19
Suffolk 1
Somerset 20
Surrey 63
Sussex 9
Staffordshire 61
Warwickshire 41
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 16
Yorkshire 279

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 14
Flintshire 11
Glamorgan 136
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 70
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Daley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Daley family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 616
General Labourer 101
Labourer 99
Domestic Servant 45
Coal Miner 43
Charwoman 28
Cotton Weaver 27
Dock Labourer 23
Tailor 23
Dress Maker 21
Hawker 21
Laundress 21
House Keeper 20
Labourer In Iron Works 20
Tailoress 19
Servant 18
General Servant 16
Bricklayer Labourer 15
Agricultural Labourer 12
General Servant Domestic 11
Cotton Operative 11
Private 11
Shoe Maker 9
Carter 9
Cotton Piecer 9

Most Frequent Forenames for Daley

Name Census Frequency
Mary Daley 1,939
John Daley 1,811
James Daley 1,130
William Daley 816
Thomas Daley 785
Margaret Daley 708
Ellen Daley 615
Elizabeth Daley 614
Catherine Daley 594
Patrick Daley 517
Ann Daley 395
Sarah Daley 384
Michael Daley 348
Joseph Daley 330
Charles Daley 316
Annie Daley 294
Bridget Daley 281
Jane Daley 255
Daniel Daley 252
Edward Daley 237
George Daley 229
Eliza Daley 215
Henry Daley 196
Peter Daley 176
Alice Daley 172

Daley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Daley 100% 20,162
2 Daly 80% 17,276
3 Dooley 67% 11,540
4 Deeley 67% 6,671
5 Dalley 83% 6,573
6 Dally 80% 5,792
7 Dailey 83% 3,543
8 Duley 80% 2,868
9 Daily 60% 2,642
10 Duly 60% 2,126
11 Audley 50% 2,033
12 Adley 60% 2,000
13 Dealey 83% 1,877
14 Delay 60% 1,351
15 Doley 80% 1,139
16 Edley 60% 876
17 Dealy 60% 851
18 Deely 40% 587
19 Deley 80% 500
20 Dooly 40% 419
21 Dayley 83% 417
22 Deuley 67% 230
23 Doiley 67% 198
24 Doly 60% 193
25 Aidley 50% 192
26 Diley 80% 134
27 Douley 67% 134
28 Odley 60% 120

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The surname Daley is the most popular version of all its varients

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