Lilley Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 62
Buckinghamshire 14
Berkshire 10
Cambridgeshire 191
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 68
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 2
Derbyshire 255
Devon 45
Dorset 18
Durham 293
Essex 423
Gloucestershire 22
Hampshire 104
Herefordshire 28
Hertfordshire 72
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 67
Isle of Man 9
Kent 240
Lancashire 710
Leicestershire 65
Lincolnshire 326
London 648
Middlesex 129
Northumberland 149
Norfolk 45
Northamptonshire 317
Nottinghamshire 339
Oxfordshire 13
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 67
Shropshire 7
Suffolk 101
Somerset 25
Surrey 144
Sussex 40
Staffordshire 304
Warwickshire 254
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 19
Worcestershire 155
Yorkshire 834

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 4
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 2
Glamorgan 64
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 36
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Lilley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Lilley family

Profession Census Frequency
School 660
Farm Labourer 75
Coal Miner Hewer 56
General Labourer 43
None 42
Labourer 39
Private Means 28
Clerk 27
Dressmaker 25
General Servant (domestic) 25
Domestic Servant 22
Farmer 22
Housekeeper 21
At School 20
Laundress 19
Carpenter 18
General Servant Domestic 17
Shop Assistant 16
At Home 15
Scholar 15
Coal Miner (hewer) 15
Joiner 15
Carter 14
Charwoman 14
Bricklayer 13

Most Frequent Forenames for Lilley

Name Census Frequency
Mary Lilley 1,893
William Lilley 1,792
John Lilley 1,783
Elizabeth Lilley 1,217
George Lilley 1,199
Sarah Lilley 1,075
Thomas Lilley 985
James Lilley 860
Joseph Lilley 646
Charles Lilley 615
Ann Lilley 576
Henry Lilley 521
Jane Lilley 504
Alice Lilley 452
Eliza Lilley 438
Robert Lilley 397
Annie Lilley 368
Ellen Lilley 361
Frederick Lilley 361
Emma Lilley 359
Edward Lilley 356
Arthur Lilley 353
Alfred Lilley 321
Walter Lilley 298
Hannah Lilley 289

Lilley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Lilley 100% 30,508
2 Lilly 83% 13,495
3 Liley 83% 3,610
4 Lillie 67% 3,527
5 Lally 67% 3,428
6 Lalley 83% 1,483
7 Lolley 83% 870
8 Lily 67% 851
9 Lolly 67% 319
10 Lully 67% 295
11 Lelly 67% 274
12 Lelley 83% 257
13 Allely 50% 143
14 Lulley 83% 104

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

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