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 0
Buckinghamshire 18
Berkshire 8
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 2
Cheshire 62
Cornwall 6
Cumberland 66
Derbyshire 24
Devon 38
Dorset 0
Durham 286
Essex 80
Gloucestershire 42
Hampshire 31
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 3
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 3
Kent 48
Lancashire 1,067
Leicestershire 65
Lincolnshire 41
London 614
Middlesex 96
Northumberland 111
Norfolk 14
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 60
Oxfordshire 1
Rutland 0
Shropshire 8
Suffolk 18
Somerset 11
Surrey 28
Sussex 8
Staffordshire 94
Warwickshire 73
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 4
Yorkshire 406

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 2
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 4
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 20
Flintshire 4
Glamorgan 183
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 65
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 1

Daley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Daley family

Profession Census Frequency
School 369
General Labourer 46
Labourer 42
Coal Miner Hewer 40
Dock Labourer 33
At School 24
Cotton Weaver 22
Charwoman 21
Scholar 18
Bricklayer 14
General Servant (domestic) 14
None 14
Housekeeper 13
Labourer General 12
Shop Assistant 12
Laundress 11
Coal Miner (hewer) 11
Carman 10
Clerk 10
House Painter 10
House Keeper 10
At Home 10
Farm Labourer 9
Soldier 9
Carter 8

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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