Dooley 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 2
Cheshire 247
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 11
Derbyshire 94
Devon 7
Dorset 1
Durham 17
Essex 6
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 4
Herefordshire 6
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 7
Lancashire 613
Leicestershire 19
Lincolnshire 0
London 142
Middlesex 13
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 39
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 3
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 9
Sussex 8
Staffordshire 143
Warwickshire 30
Westmorland 2
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 197

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 5
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 9
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 5
Pembrokeshire 3
Radnorshire 0

Dooley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dooley family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 319
General Labourer 36
Coal Miner 33
Labourer 30
Cotton Weaver 20
Dock Labourer 17
Domestic Servant 16
House Keeper 15
Agricultural Labourer 13
Laundress 12
Dress Maker 10
Tailor 8
Cotton Operative 8
Tailoress 7
Charwoman 6
Servant 6
Carter 6
Cooper 6
Cotton Winder 6
General Servant 6
Joiner 6
No Occupation 6
Stone Mason 6
Farm Servant Indoor 6
Milliner 5

Most Frequent Forenames for Dooley

Name Census Frequency
Mary Dooley 1,005
John Dooley 813
Thomas Dooley 623
James Dooley 602
William Dooley 597
Elizabeth Dooley 477
Sarah Dooley 384
Margaret Dooley 318
Ann Dooley 284
Joseph Dooley 270
George Dooley 246
Ellen Dooley 243
Catherine Dooley 235
Patrick Dooley 195
Annie Dooley 148
Henry Dooley 148
Jane Dooley 137
Eliza Dooley 135
Michael Dooley 135
Hannah Dooley 131
Edward Dooley 123
Charles Dooley 120
Martha Dooley 111
Alice Dooley 109
Bridget Dooley 106

Dooley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Daley 67% 20,162
2 Daly 50% 17,276
3 Dooley 100% 11,540
4 Deeley 67% 6,671
5 Dailey 67% 3,543
6 Duley 67% 2,868
7 Daily 50% 2,642
8 Dolley 83% 2,308
9 Duly 50% 2,126
10 Audley 50% 2,033
11 Adley 50% 2,000
12 Dealey 67% 1,877
13 Doughly 43% 1,800
14 Delay 50% 1,351
15 Doley 83% 1,139
16 Dolly 67% 982
17 Edley 50% 876
18 Dealy 50% 851
19 Deely 50% 587
20 Deley 67% 500
21 Dooly 83% 419
22 Deuley 67% 230
23 Doughley 63% 208
24 Doiley 83% 198
25 Doly 67% 193
26 Aidley 50% 192
27 Diley 67% 134
28 Douley 83% 134
29 Odley 67% 120

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The surname Dooley is the 3rd most popular variant of Daley.

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