Tilley Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 15
Buckinghamshire 19
Berkshire 56
Cambridgeshire 5
Channel Islands 4
Cheshire 80
Cornwall 22
Cumberland 15
Derbyshire 24
Devon 44
Dorset 82
Durham 164
Essex 205
Gloucestershire 185
Hampshire 163
Herefordshire 13
Hertfordshire 29
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 71
Isle of Man 0
Kent 181
Lancashire 307
Leicestershire 289
Lincolnshire 67
London 709
Middlesex 222
Northumberland 59
Norfolk 39
Northamptonshire 352
Nottinghamshire 134
Oxfordshire 20
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 71
Shropshire 21
Suffolk 0
Somerset 155
Surrey 256
Sussex 82
Staffordshire 397
Warwickshire 145
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 132
Worcestershire 99
Yorkshire 139

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 2
Cardiganshire 2
Carnarvonshire 5
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 117
Merionethshire 1
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 71
Pembrokeshire 4
Radnorshire 0

Tilley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Tilley family

Profession Census Frequency
School 525
General Labourer 46
Farm Labourer 45
Coal Miner Hewer 35
Private Means 31
Clerk 29
General Servant (domestic) 27
Labourer 24
Dressmaker 23
None 22
At School 20
At Home 20
Nil 16
Domestic Servant 15
Scholar 15
Dress Maker 14
Errand Boy 14
House Painter 13
Housemaid (domestic) 13
Bricklayer 13
Farmer 13
Carman 12
Charwoman 12
General Servant Domestic 12
Coal Miner 11

Most Frequent Forenames for Tilley

Name Census Frequency
William Tilley 1,662
Mary Tilley 1,522
John Tilley 1,343
Elizabeth Tilley 1,108
George Tilley 927
Thomas Tilley 903
Sarah Tilley 848
James Tilley 786
Joseph Tilley 533
Ann Tilley 531
Henry Tilley 521
Charles Tilley 504
Jane Tilley 432
Eliza Tilley 396
Alfred Tilley 364
Emma Tilley 335
Edward Tilley 326
Annie Tilley 325
Alice Tilley 324
Ellen Tilley 317
Frederick Tilley 293
Albert Tilley 282
Arthur Tilley 279
Emily Tilley 235
Robert Tilley 234

Tilley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Tilley 100% 25,258
2 Tolley 83% 12,170
3 Tully 67% 7,504
4 Tiley 83% 5,430
5 Tilly 83% 5,324
6 Tulley 83% 3,326
7 Tolly 67% 2,712
8 Talley 83% 649
9 Telley 83% 584
10 Tally 67% 440
11 Telly 67% 321
12 Tailly 67% 123

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

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